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Alexander Lewin

Index Alexander Lewin

Alexander Lewin (August 18, 1879 in Vienna – 1942 in Switzerland) was a German Jewish entrepreneur and art collector who was persecuted and plundered by the Nazis. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Aryanization, Édouard Manet, Cottbus, Emil Georg Bührle, Führermuseum, Foundation E. G. Bührle, Germany, Hammer Museum, Honoré Daumier, Kunsthalle Bremen, Linz, List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Paul Cézanne, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Switzerland, The Holocaust, Vienna, Vincent van Gogh, Wilhelm Leibl.

  2. Emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland

Aryanization

Aryanization (Arisierung) was the Nazi term for the seizure of property from Jews and its transfer to non-Jews, and the forced expulsion of Jews from economic life in Nazi Germany, Axis-aligned states, and their occupied territories.

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Édouard Manet

Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter.

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Cottbus

Cottbus or italic is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital of Potsdam.

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Emil Georg Bührle

Emil Georg Bührle (31 August 1890 - 26 November 1956) was a German-born Swiss industrialist, controversial armament manufacturer and art collector.

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Führermuseum

The Führermuseum or Fuhrer-Museum (English: Leader's Museum), also referred to as the Linz art gallery, was an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned by Adolf Hitler for his hometown, the Austrian city of Linz, near his birthplace of Braunau.

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Foundation E. G. Bührle

The Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection (Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle) is an art museum in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs.

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Honoré Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.

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Kunsthalle Bremen

The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany.

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Linz

Linz (Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria.

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List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art

The list of restitution claims for art looted by the Nazis or as a result of Nazi persecution is organized by the country in which the paintings were located when the return was requested.

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root glyphein, to carve, and theke, storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne (19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation and influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century.

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Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

The Staatliche Kunsthalle (State Art Gallery) is an fine art museum in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

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Wilhelm Leibl

Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (October 23, 1844 – December 4, 1900) was a German realist painter of portraits and scenes of peasant life.

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See also

Emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lewin