Kurt von Behr (Q3736)
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German civil servant, head of ERR in France, Nazi art looting organization
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German civil servant, head of ERR in France, Nazi art looting organization
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1890-1945
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29 December 1899Gregorian
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19 April 1945
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29 December 1899Gregorian
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19 April 1945
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Kurt von Behr was born in Hannover. After the German invasion of France in June 1940, Alfred Rosenberg, founder of the _Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg_ (ERR) appointed von Behr, a former president of the German Red Cross, to head ERR operations in western Europe from a base in Paris. On 17 July 1940, Rosenberg established the _Amt Westen_ of which von Behr became co-director in Paris while his
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