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Droog
Herman Weiss
(1932-2015), onderzoeker bij het Institut für
Zeitgeschichte (de Duitse zusterorganisatie van het
NIOD), bij een echtheidsonderzoek naar vermeende
Hitlers in 1984 over dit werk: Zie ook: Robert Harris. Selling
Hitler. Faber & Faber, London, 1986. For this investigation the
e-book-version (Arrow Books, Random House, London,
2009) was used. De mythes In
Price's boek worden heel veel mythes over
Hitler-de-kunstenaar en geheime NSDAP-acties rond
z'n kunstwerken verkondigd. De meeste bestaan uit
aantoonbare nonsens.
In Gangelmeyers onderzoek
wordt - buiten de noten - August Priesack eenmaal
genoemd, als 'ein Dr. August Priesack', werkzaam bij
het Hauptarchiv. Jahns naam is Gangelmeyer niet
tegengekomen. Echtheidscontrole door NSDAP
Hauptarchiv? Nazi-kopieën met geheime
merktekens? 2000-3000 aquarellen
en olieverschilderijen? Introduction
Herman Weiss (1932-2015), researcher at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte, in an authentication investigation of alleged Hitlers in 1984 (!) about this work: "This catalogue (...) must be used with caution not only because it also includes the forgeries of Konrad Kujau, since discovered, but also because of other imprecisions and errors." (Herman Weiss, in: Die Aquerelle Hitlers (Alinari, Florence, 1984), p. 73. The German-Austrian historian Brigitte Hamann (1940-2016) reported in her book Hitlers Wien (1996, in English Hitler's Vienna, 1999) that Price's book also contains many forgeries made by of Reinhold Hanisch. The American historian Frederic
Spotts (1930) stated in his book Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics
(2002) that the book of Price consists for
two-thirds of forgeries. Only 17 of the 725* works attributed to Hitler in Price's book are authentic; 24 works are possibly authentic and we are in doubt about the authenticity of 27. * The book
contains 723 catalog numbers, plus two images of
'Hitlers' which are entered with an already used
number plus the code A. The Price book is therefore absolutely unsuitable as a source for anything regarding Hitler-the-artist. On the other hand: for those
interested in forgeries and forgers of Hitler's
drawings and watercolors, this book is a very rich
source. See also: Robert Harris. Selling Hitler. Faber & Faber, London, 1986. For this investigation the e-book-version (Arrow Books, Random House, London, 2009) was used. to begin English text | to top of page The myths Price's book spreads a lot of myths about Hitler-the-artist and about secret NSDAP-actions around his artworks. Most of it is obvious nonsense. Directly responsible for this
nonsense are Prof. Dr. August Priesack and Peter Jahn
- perhaps the most insolent 20th century art
swindlers. Secret investigation and
buying-up of 'Hitlers', 1935-1941?
In Gangelmeyer's dissertation August
Priesack is mentioned, as 'a Dr. August Priesack',
working at the Hauptarchiv. Other sources indicate he
worked there as a junior archivist. Hermann Weiss of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte reports in the book Die Aquarelle Hitlers (1984) that the NSDAP Hauptarchiv from 1938 (specifically: from the Anschluss, March 12 1938) until the start of the war (September 1939) was involved in tracing and registrating early Hitler paintings. to begin English text | to top of page Authenticity check
by NSDAP Hauptarchiv?
When registering this forgery, the NSDAP Hauptarchiv did on the corresponding archive card not refer to the work being a forgery There is nothing to indicate that authentication checks were carried out by the NSDAP HAuptarchiv. As far as is known, there were no people at the NSDAP Hauptarchiv who had the expertise to distinguish real from false works. That in doubtful cases an appeal could be made on Hitler is the umpteenth fable of Jahn and Priesack. Hitler has at least three times recognized forgeries (in 1933, 1937 and 1941), without any interference from the NSDAP Hauptarchiv (first established in 1934). to begin English text | to top of page Nazi
copies with secret marks? to begin English text | to top of page Hitler
made thousands of watercolors? There is no evidence that Hitler and Jahn have ever met. In 1981 Jahn mentioned the number of
1000 Hitler watercolors to the British historian
Charles de Jaeger.³ Priesack and
Jahn even claim in the Price book that Hitler would
have made 2000 to 3000 watercolors and oil paintings,
very casually, without any substantiation. All of these estimates stem from people involved in selling fake Hitlers. Much more realistic is the number that was mentioned in several newspapers in 1935. The Arnhemsche Courant reported in 1935, at an exhibition of 'Hitlera Quarelles in Munich, that he would have made 70 to 80 watercolors before the First World War'..4 In any case, Priesack and Jahn claimed that the NSDAP Hauptarchiv would have paid 5,000 to 6,000 Reichsmarks for Hitler paintings. This is incorrect, too. In reality, the Hauptarchiv paid on average some 2,000 Reichsmark for 'Hitler' paintings.5 to begin English text | to top of page Noten / notes Hoofdstukken uit het Adolf
Hitler als Maler und Zeichner
to begin English text | to top of page Die
Forschungsarbeit
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