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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
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