Ernst Buchner (Q3774)
German art historian and museum director
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German art historian and museum director
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1892-1962
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29 December 1899Gregorian
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3 June 1962
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29 December 1899Gregorian
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3 June 1962
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Buchner joined the Nazi party in 1933. He served as director of the [Bavarian State Painting Collections](about:blank). After the 1938 November pogroms in Germany, better known as _Reichskristallnacht_, Buchner used the museum to store artworks seized from Jews by the Gestapo. He also purchased directly from the Gestapo confiscated art for the museum collections, including pieces by [Eugène Delacr
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