Harry Fuld Jr (Q96745678)
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art collector, refugee
- Harry Fuld Jr.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Harry Fuld Jr |
art collector, refugee |
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After Fuld's death on a business trip to Switzerland in 1932, his art collection passed to his son, Harry Fuld Jr. The son fled Nazi Germany in 1937, packing the collection into crates, which he gave to a shipping company to transport. The collection never left. Instead, the Nazis confiscated it. Kurt Gerstein, an officer in the Nazis' murderous Waffen SS, got the Matisse, either as a bribe or because he bought it, Glyn said.An expert in decontamination techniques, Gerstein was assigned to the Hygiene Institute of the SS, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. On its Web site, it says he was responsible for delivering Zyklon B — poison used in the gas chambers — to Auschwitz and other camps. (English)