Administrators of Dispossession
The Silent Takeover of Jewish Art Dealerships in the Netherlands during the German Occupation, through a Case Study of Jacques Jansen
Datum: 08.04.2026
Enddatum:
Beginn: Uhr
Ende: Uhr
Veranstaltungsart:
(O) = Online-Publikation
Veranstaltungsformat:
zeitunabhängige digitale Präsentation
Thematik:
NS-verfolgungsbedingter Entzug
Eléonore Thole
Adresse:
PO Box 2960
6401 DL Heerlen
Beteiligte Person(en):
Eléonore Thole
Link zur Veranstaltung:
https://retour.hypotheses.org/
Link zur Institution:
https://onderzoekschoolkunstgeschiedenis.nl/de-dienststelle-muhlmann-1940-1944-organisatie-en-kunstroof-tijdens-de-duitse-bezetting-in-nederland/
Kurzbeschreibung
During the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1940, the businesses of Jewish art dealers were placed under German administrative control. Appointed „Verwalters“ (administrators) used bureaucratic means — paperwork, inventories, and signatures — to quietly expropriate and „aryanise“ the Dutch art market, making administration itself a powerful tool of dispossession. The blog uses the case study of Jacques Jansen, one such administrator, to illustrate how this process unfolded in practice.
Bildrechte: Painting of E. van Arkel, Kunsthandel Morpurgo in 1944, Collection Joods Museum, Amsterdam.