“Entartete Kunst“Entartete Kunst” (degenerate art) is a Propagandistic term used by the Nazi regime to describe art that it rejected on political and aesthetic grounds. More” (degenerate art“Entartete Kunst” (degenerate art) is a Propagandistic term used by the Nazi regime to describe art that it rejected on political and aesthetic grounds. More) was not allowed to enter public institutions or the free art market. In the files of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle, the researchers were able to trace two different procedures used by the Vermögensverwertungsstelle to deal with these objects.

Either the works of art were destroyed and only the frames of the paintings were sold at collective auctions. Or the Nazi financial administration made them available free of charge to other government agencies or NSDAP institutions such as the Propagandaministerium (Propaganda Ministry) or Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg(Rosenberg Task Force) Nazi organisation under Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg, which systematically recorded and looted Jewish books, archives, works of art, and other cultural assets in the occupied territories from 1940 onwards. More (Rosenberg Task Force).

In both cases, the description of the objects was limited to a few key points. The Nazi regime had no interest in accurately documenting “entartete Kunst“Entartete Kunst” (degenerate art) is a Propagandistic term used by the Nazi regime to describe art that it rejected on political and aesthetic grounds. More”.