The Orpheus Clock
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Central Collecting Point, Munich, 181, 184, 186, 237, 279, 280, 281, 296, 302
emergence as industrial power, 22, 26
eugenics program in, 259
Expressionist movement in, 87–88
fall of Berlin Wall, 197, 210
Federal Archives of, 257, 276
Gestapo in, 100, 101, 104, 117
hyperinflation in, 69
Jewish conversions in, 37–40, 52
Jewish possessions seized/sold in, 99, 106, 107, 108, 126, 168, 206, 209
Jews stripped of citizenship, 100–101
Kaiser’s Jews (Kaiserjuden) in, 29, 49, 82, 109
Koblenz archives, 295
Kristallnacht in, 20, 106–7
Munich “putsch,” 69, 71
National Liberal Party in, 28
nations invaded by, 106, 108, 113–16
Nazis in, see Nazis
“Night of the Long Knives” in, 100, 101
nonaggression pact with Soviet Union, 108
Nuremberg Trials, 124, 165, 260, 261, 280–81
political rights of Jews in, 20, 21
post–World War I, 6, 66, 67, 68–69
reconstruction (post–World War I), 81
Reichstag burned, 97
restitution settlements from, 6, 195, 211, 223, 249, 283, 303–4
reunification of (1990), 197
surrender in World War II, 164, 279
unification of (1871), 23, 24, 26, 223
Weimar Republic, 28, 68–69, 92, 97
Wiesbaden collecting point, 279
and World War I, 52–55, 58–62
and World War II, 108, 159, 164, 279
see also Berlin; Dresden
Gerron, Kurt, 71, 140
Getty Research Institute, 264, 266, 272, 283, 288
Getty Villa, Malibu, 204, 212, 221
Glasmeier, Heinrich, 235–36
Glaspalast exhibition, Munich, 271
Gobelin tapestry, 243
Goebbels, Joseph, 69, 235–36
Gogh, Vincent van, 124
Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 83, 90
Goldschmidt, Arthur, 174, 180, 206, 208, 209, 276, 277, 282, 284
Goldschmidt, Ernst, 73
Goldschmidt, Jakob, 98
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Albert von, 175
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Marion von, 79, 175
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Nadine von, 247, 304
Gomperts, Albert, 188, 189
Goodman, Bernard (father), 3, 158–76
author’s early memories of, 6, 10–14
birth and infancy of, 53, 54, 60
as British citizen, 53
at Cambridge University, 103–5, 158–59, 158
childhood of, 67–68, 77–79, 77, 78
death of, 4, 14, 84, 198
and Dee, 8, 9, 13, 162, 163, 194, 196
in England, 11, 106, 108–9, 166, 176
estate of, 3, 170–71, 172–74
and Eva Schultze-Dumbsky, 13–14, 196–97
and family in World War II, 163–65
family story of, 11–12, 19
and family trust, 172, 179–80, 187, 189–90
in Gloucestershire Regiment, 7, 160–61
grave of, 306
and his father (Fritz), 67–68
name change of, 11, 160
papers of, 3–6, 104, 124, 188, 198, 199–201, 223, 294, 316
postwar visits to Holland, 165–71, 172–73, 176, 179, 250
quest to recover family art, 15–16, 180–81, 185–92, 193–96, 197, 200, 201, 223, 236, 237, 281–83, 304, 314–15
schooling of, 80
school reunion of, 196
and sister Lili, 67, 78
travels of, 10–11, 14, 17, 194–95, 200, 293–94
wealth of, 104
Goodman, Cheyenne (Nick’s daughter), 219
Goodman, Dee [Irene Doreen Rosy Amy Simpson] (mother), 8, 9, 13, 162, 163, 194, 196
Goodman, James (son), 59, 154, 219, 252, 270
Goodman, May (wife), 59, 219, 254, 270, 274, 308
Goodman, Nick (brother):
birth of, 165
early years of, 9, 171, 179
and family collection, 203, 204, 219, 220, 221–22, 225–26, 227, 230–31, 232–33, 238, 239, 240, 241, 246, 249–50, 252, 289
and father’s papers, 4, 199–200, 316
Goodman, Simon, 179, 314
birth of, 188
certificate of inheritance issued to, 248–49, 303, 304
childhood memories of, 6–9, 200, 314–15
and music business, 315–16
quest to recover family art, 15–16, 220, 241–53, 254, 288–91, 292–313, 314–15, 316–18
retribution sought by, 16
Goodman family:
history of, 19
Jewish background of, 7, 8, 9
papers of, 7
quest to recover lost art, 15–16
Göring, Hermann, 255
art collection of, 117, 122–23, 124, 125, 169, 181, 182, 183, 206, 207, 208, 230, 245, 257, 275, 280, 287, 288
Carinhall estate of, 5, 85, 173, 206
Gutmann silver collection coveted by, 118, 126, 134, 136, 183
internment of, 260
and invasion of Holland, 114–15
and Nuremberg Trials, 165
and Wannsee Conference, 138
Goudstikker, Desi, 115
Goudstikker, Jacques, 81, 83, 115, 123, 183, 238–39
Goudstikker family, 238–39, 256
Goyen, Jan van, 85, 125, 194
Landscape with Two Horsecarts, 183, 187, 232–33, 257
Grange, Tommy [Graupe], 282
Graupe, Paul:
and Baldung Grien portrait, 277, 282, 284
and Degas Paysage, 209, 215
escape to France, 108
escape to Switzerland, 180, 276
and Fritz’s collection, 99, 108, 125, 180, 201, 208, 215, 223
Paris gallery of, 108, 174, 180, 201, 208
postwar claims of, 209, 282
relocation to New York, 282
and Renoir painting, 223
and Sammlung Herbert M. Gutmann, 99
Great Depression, 97, 103
Guardi, Francesco, 126, 173, 192, 288
Paesaggio di Fantasia con Isola della Laguna, 84, 194, 195, 314
View of the Rialto Bridge, 89, 194, 195, 314
Günther & Palmié, Dresden, 22
Gurlitt, Cornelius, 278
Gurlitt, Hildebrand, 277–79, 281
Gustav V, King of Sweden, 93
Gutmann, Alfred (great-grand-uncle), 23, 37, 59, 310
Gutmann, Alice, 174
Gutmann, Bernhard (great-great-grandfather), 19–21
bank of, 20
castle (Schloss Schönfeld) of, 21, 21, 37, 291, 309
grave of, 59, 107, 310
Gutmann, Bernhard Friedrich Eugen (father), see Goodman, Bernard
Gutmann, Daisy (Herbert’s wife), 41–42, 52, 93, 95, 96, 99–102
escape to England, 101–2, 103, 175
Gutmann, Erich Waldemar (Alfred’s son), 59
Gutmann, Eugen (great-grandfather), 18, 22–37
art collection of, see Gutmann, Eugen, art collection
awards and titles to, 29–30
birth and early years of, 22
conversion to Lutheranism, 37–38, 43
death of, 72–73
and Dresdner Bank, 23–27, 64–66, 309
family of, 31, 32–33, 37, 40–44, 51–52, 70
family trust created by, 70, 72, 103, 179, 193
German citizenship of, 68
and Hibernia Affair, 28
move to Netherlands, 66–67
personal traits of, 27–28, 29
portraits of, 19, 26, 69–70, 98, 258, 292, 293, 317–18
retirement of, 69
social connections of, 33, 40, 129
and Sophie, 30–31, 39, 77
tomb of, 107
wealth of, 30, 70
a
nd women, 39–40
Gutmann, Eugen (great-grandfather), art collection, 5, 11, 33–37, 284
Bernini, A Flagellator of Christ, 127, 190
Bohemian crystal cup, 313
Die Kunstammlung Eugen Gutmann catalog (Falke), 294–95, 296, 297, 299, 313
Empire ormolu cabinets, 36
inventories of holdings, 5, 238, 248, 256, 293, 296
Italian bronzes, 35
Jamnitzer Becher (chalice), 36, 73, 127, 190, 292–313
Jamnitzer scales with bronze lizard, 246
legal ownership of, 148–50, 153, 154, 186–89
Lencker ewer, 35, 72, 118, 245–46, 250, 252–53
majolica pottery, 35
medieval illustrated manuscripts, 35
moved to Holland (Bosbeek), 73–75, 118
as “national treasure,” 149, 294, 295
Orpheus Clock, 35, 36, 72, 127, 148, 173, 183, 248, 296–302, 298, 306, 310–11, 313
Ostrich automaton, 127, 246, 300, 311, 311, 313
Petzolt silver-gilt drinking cups, 36, 118, 246, 250, 253, 254
pocket watches, 35
public exhibitions of, 36
recovered art (list), 325–29
Reinhold Clock, 36, 127, 183, 296, 300–301, 302, 311, 313
Renaissance jeweled pendants, 35
Silbersammlung Gutmann, 36, 37, 70, 72, 73, 117–18, 126–27, 134, 136, 148–49, 150, 153, 183, 186, 189–90, 193, 246, 248, 250–53, 256, 292, 293, 295, 302, 313
Silver Cat (Tetzelkatze), 73, 248, 314
silver-gilt sculptures, 35, 242
transferred to Orsini, 148–49, 294, 296
Gutmann, Felix (cousin of Eugen), 44
Gutmann, Fredy [Gann] (Herbert’s son), 102, 175
Gutmann, Fritz [Friedrich] (grandfather), 18–19, 18, 45, 128
artistic interests of, 43, 83–90; see also Gutmann, Fritz [Friedrich], art collection
beaten to death, 153–54, 166, 172, 191, 229
birth and early years of, 31, 42–44
and Bosbeek, 65, 73–75; see also Bosbeek estate
conversion to Lutheranism, 37, 43, 88
and Dresdner Bank, 44, 47, 52, 65, 66, 102–3
Dutch citizenship of, 68
ex libris stamp of, 56–57
and family art collection, 73, 83–84, 108, 125, 148–49, 153, 190, 257, 263
family of, 18, 67, 90
and Gutmann Family Trust, 103, 118, 127, 148–49, 186, 190
and his parents, 33, 39
increasingly dire straits of, 127–34, 144
internment on Isle of Man, 54–58, 60, 66, 142
in London, 47–48, 53–55
marriage of, 48, 51–52
and Nazi invasion of Holland, 113–19
Nazis’ false promises to, 113, 116, 118–19, 125, 131–33, 136, 137, 144, 145, 151
in Netherlands, 62–64, 65–90
newspaper story about, 164
in Paris, 45–47
personal traits of, 42–43, 63–64, 68
portraits of, 42, 64, 76–77, 77, 251
remaining in Holland, 108–9, 115
removed from Bosbeek, 132–34, 248
socializing of, 46, 47–48, 50, 79–83, 173
at Theresienstadt, 136–37, 141–42, 144, 147, 149–51, 152–53, 164, 166
travels of, 76
wealth of, 67, 73
and World War I, 53–58, 60, 62–64, 66
and World War II, 108
Gutmann, Fritz [Friedrich] (grandfather), art collection:
Adoration of the Magi (Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece), 85
Baldung Grien, Portrait of a Young Man, 85, 125, 194, 257, 272, 273–77, 280, 282–87, 289–91
Biagio d’Antonio, The Siege of Veii, 84
Bosch, Temptation of St. Anthony, 86–87
Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap, 173, 194, 227–31, 236
Cranach, Melancholy, 84
Cranach, Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, 84–85
Cranach, Samson and the Lion, 84, 125, 186, 192, 257
Degas, Femme se Chauffant, 88, 173, 194, 201, 208, 209, 274
Degas, Paysage or Landscape with Smokestacks, 88, 173, 194, 199, 201, 202–3, 204–6, 208–9, 212–13, 215–19, 219, 253, 274
dispersed prior to World War II, 108
Dosso Dossi, Small Portrait of a Young Man with a Red Jerkin, 85, 183, 194, 208
Elsner, Portrait of a Man, 125, 183, 237, 241, 251, 257
false/forced sales of portions of, 118, 125–27, 257, 263, 273, 275–77, 279, 300
Gainsborough, portrait of a young woman, 86, 173, 192
German Renaissance portraits, 87
Guardi, Paesaggio di Fantasia con Isola della Laguna, 84, 194, 195, 314
Hals, Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa, 11, 85
Holbein, head of Madonna, 85, 125, 180, 186, 192, 257
Italian old masters, 84–87
Kienle, Horse and Rider, 118, 245, 253
legal ownership of, 148–50, 186–89, 286
Liotard still lifes, 86, 183, 212–13, 242, 250
Memling, Madonna with Child, 85, 125, 173, 180, 186, 192, 257, 275
Nazi designs on, 117–19, 124–27, 237
Northern Renaissance works, 84
postwar search for and restitution of, 180–81, 183–92, 203–19, 240–53
provenance attributed to, 219, 227, 228
Renoir, Le Poirier, 88, 173, 201, 218, 222–27, 233, 237, 249, 317
Ricci, capriccios, 84
Roberti, The Argonauts Leaving Colchis, 85, 284
Stuck, Die Sünde or Die Sinnlichkeit, 89, 125, 194, 257–59, 262–71, 264, 275, 288, 290, 307, 317
value of, 89–90
Van Goyen landscapes, 85, 183, 187, 194, 232–33, 257
Vigée-Lebrun self-portrait, 86, 126
Gutmann, Hans (Max’s son), 59
Gutmann, Herbert (great-uncle), 18, 31, 82, 92–96
arrest and detention of, 100, 104
art collection sold by, 99
art recovered by grandchildren, 303
banking career of, 41, 44, 47, 60, 65–66, 72, 92, 93, 95
death of, 160, 175
debts of, 102, 107
escape to England, 101–2, 103, 107
Herbertshof estate of, 92–96, 100, 102
in London, 159–60
marriage of, 41–42, 52
and Nazi takeover of banks, 97–99
and Wannsee Golf Club, 94, 94, 99, 138
and World War I, 60
Gutmann, Kurt (great-uncle), 31, 39, 42, 60–61, 71–72, 103, 163, 174, 207–8
Gutmann, Lili (aunt, b. 1919), 14, 104
birth and childhood of, 67, 68, 77–80, 78, 79
and Commerzbank event to honor her father, 305, 309
and Dresdner Bank anniversary, 306, 308–10
and Fritz and Louise’s increasingly dire situation, 128–34, 144
and Gutmann collection, 85, 87, 88, 185–87, 191–93, 195–96, 201, 203, 210–11, 214–15, 216, 219, 234, 237, 241, 242–43, 244–45, 251, 258, 262, 283, 288–89, 292
in hiding, 146–47, 163, 175–76
injury of, 305
marriage to Bosi, 105–6, 129, 145, 163
memories of Bosbeek, 85, 87, 201, 242–43
postwar return to Holland, 175–76
schooling of, 80
Gutmann, Lili (great-aunt, b. 1873); see Orsini, Lili Gutmann
Gutmann, Louise von Landau (grandmother), 18, 45, 48–52
birth and childhood of, 50
and children, 53, 67, 90
death at Auschwitz, 156, 157, 166, 229, 235, 268, 269
Dutch citizenship of, 68
increasingly dire straits of, 128–34
and LaSalle convertible, 76, 76
marriage of Fritz and, 48, 51–52
and Nazi invasion of Holland, 113–14
in Netherlands, 63–64
portraits of, 64, 76–77, 2
51, 318
remaining in Holland, 115
removed from Bosbeek, 132–34, 248
socializing, 78–79, 80–83
at Theresienstadt, 136–37, 141–42, 144, 147, 149–51, 152–53, 164, 166
travels of, 76
and World War I, 53–54, 98
Gutmann, Luca (Herbert’s son), 94, 95, 102, 115, 159–60, 163, 175
Gutmann, Marie (great-great-grandmother), 19, 59
Gutmann, Marion (Herbert’s daughter), 102, 175
Gutmann, Max (great-uncle), 39, 42, 61, 70, 103
birth of, 31
death of, 189
and Dresdner Bank, 27, 44
in Rome/at risk/in hiding, 105, 146, 163, 174, 188
Vatican connections of, 71, 129, 144
Gutmann, Sophie Magnus (great-grandmother), 30–31, 33, 39, 77, 146, 258, 309
Gutmann, Tobias (great-great-great-grandfather), 19
Gutmann, Toinon [von Essen] (great-aunt), 31, 40, 41, 42, 47, 93, 129
Gutmann, Ursula (Kurt’s daughter), 174
Gutmann, Walther (great-uncle), 31, 41
Gutmann family, 18
art collection of, 33–37, 249, 250–53, 313; see also Gutmann, Eugen; Gutmann, Fritz
of bankers, 11, 65–66
Bosbeek estate of, 65; see also Bosbeek estate
catalog Property from the Gutmann Collection, 249, 250
conversion to Lutheranism, 37–38, 43, 60, 94
family tree, 304, 322–23
family trust, see Gutmann Family Trust
feuding within, 190, 193, 293
graves of, 59–60, 72–73
history of, 19, 231
lost in Holocaust, 174–75
luxury cars of, 75–76, 76
papers of, 7
seeking recovery of family art, 214–19, 302–3
and Swiss bank class-action suit, 239
villa at 10 Rauchstrasse, 31–33, 37, 55, 60, 73
wealth of, 11, 12, 42, 43, 51, 79
see also specific family members
Gutmann Family Trust:
assets restored to, 293
Bernard declared heir to, 172, 179–80, 187, 189–90
depleted by family members in need, 103, 179
Dutch State takeover of, 172, 187
formation of, 70, 72
Fritz’s administration and protection of, 103, 118, 127, 148–49, 186, 190
postwar emergence of, 215
and silver collection, 127, 149, 193
Haber, Fritz, 39
Haberstock, Karl, 183, 206, 207, 275–83
arrest of, 279–80, 281
and Baldung Grien painting, 125, 257, 273, 275–77, 280, 282, 283, 284
and Bosbeek, 124–26, 275, 307
Controversial Art Dealer and Patron of the Arts catalog of collection, 262–64, 270
death of, 283
and “degenerate” art, 123–24
in denazification program, 281
early years of, 123
and Göring’s collection, 124, 280