Willi Korte

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Wilhelm A. Korte (* 1954 ) is a German lawyer , historian and provenance researcher .

Life

Korte studied history , law and politics at the Free University of Berlin , the University of Munich and the Georgetown University in Washington DC Korte specializes in the research, identification and restitution of works of art that were created during the Nazi rule, World War II and immediately afterwards were lost (so-called looted or looted art). To do this, he draws on his specialist knowledge of private and public archives from the war and post-war periods. He gained notoriety when he tracked down the lost Quedlinburg cathedral treasure and was able to bring it back to Germany from the United States .

In 2013 he researched in Düsseldorf on behalf of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project and made various comments on the Schwabing art find .

literature

  • Siegfried Kogelfranz and Willi A. Korte: Quedlinburg - Texas and back. Black market in stolen art , Droemer Knaur Verlag (1994) ISBN 3-4262-6675-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dix's picture has long been known , FAZ November 7, 2013, accessed on November 7, 2013
  2. ↑ Münchener Kunstfund is “political problem of the federal government” in Deutschlandradio , November 8, 2013, accessed on November 9, 2012
  3. ^ The French would have a longer leverage , FAZ of November 14, 2013, accessed on November 14, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Korte, Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korte, Wilhelm A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, historian and provenance researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1954