The Icon Hunter

by Tasoula Georgiou Hadjitofi

  8Document 2.2.3.1 TH Archive—Wybenga letter to Kyprianou—draft for Tasoula’s comments.

  CHAPTER ELEVEN: LIFE AND DEATH

  1Documents 2.2.3.17, 2.2.3.19, 2.2.3.20 TH Archive.

  CHAPTER TWELVE: WHAT LIES BENEATH

  1Document 2.2.3.6 TH Archive—Letter to Sotheby’s from Kyprianou.

  2Document 2.2.3.8 TH Archive—Letter to Kyprianou from Sotheby’s.

  3Document 2.2.3.17 TH Archive—Copy of East Christian Art Exhibit catalogue—Petsopoulos.

  4Document 2.2.3.11 TH Archive—Letter from Kyprianou to Sotheby’s.

  5Documents 2.2.3.9. 2.2.3.11 TH Archive—Letter from Kyprianou to Sotheby’s.

  6Document 2.2.3.12 TH Archive—Letter from Sotheby’s to Kyprianou.

  7Document 2.2.3.10 TH Archive—Copy of document from Roozemond to Sotheby’s.

  8Document 2.2.4.3 TH Archive—TH to M. Kyprianou on Papageorgiou identifying Cypriot icons from De Wijenburgh slides.

  9Document 2.2.4.1 TH Archive—TH note to Archbishop about her involvement in tracing artifacts. Document 2.2.4.4 TH Archive—Kyprianou Fax to TH—asking if she wrote to the Archbishop yet (page 1, in Greek).

  10Document 2.2.4.1 TH Archive—TH to archbishop.

  11Document 2.2.4.10 TH Archive—Evidence from Stoop about icons purchased (page 3, in Dutch). Document 2.2.4.16 TH Archive—Statement of Stoop (pages 8–10, in Dutch).

  12TH Archive 2.2.4.16—Article 10 Statement of Stoop/Correspondence with Kounoupias and Romke Wybenga. Also Article 5 (page 4).

  13Document 2.2.4.16 TH Archive—Mr. Toorennaar’s deposition.

  14Document 2.2.4.16 TH Archive—Mr. Toorennaar’s deposition.

  15Document 2.2.4.16 TH Archive—Mr. Toorenaar affidavit.

  16Document 2.1.1.19 TH Archive—Invoice Roozemond to Mulié (in Dutch).

  17Document 2.1.1.20 TH Archive—Roozemond to Mulié John the Baptist (in Dutch).

  18Document 2.1.1.21 TH Archive—Roozemond Mulié John the Baptist (in Dutch).

  CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE BIRTH OF AN ICON HUNTER

  1Documents 2.2.4.19 and 2.2.3.11 TH Archive—Wijnburgh documents (in Dutch).

  2Document 2.2.4.23 TH Archive—Beker letter to Kounoupias re: John the Baptist.

  3Document 2.2.4.30 TH Archive—Roozemond’s statement re: John the Baptist.

  4Document 2.2.4.30 TH Archive—Roozemond’s statement re: John The Baptist.

  5Document 2.2.5.25 TH Archive—Axia Receipts—Bills of lading.

  6Document 2.2.4.38 TH Archive—TH confirms her appointment with archbishop.

  7Document 2.2.4.54 TH Archive—TH notes while meeting with Van Rijn.

  8Document 2.2.4.53 TH Archive—Memo to the archbishop re: Van Rijn from TH.

  9Document 2.2.4.56 TH Archive—Memo to Kyprianou from TH re: VR’s statement JTB.

  10Document 2.2.4. 57 TH Archive—Kyprianou’s assurance to VR re: statement.

  11Document 2.2.4.62 TH Archive—Tasoula’s assurance to VR re: statement.

  12Document 2.2.4.45 TH Archive—Tasoula’s fax to the Ministry regarding 8/5/92 meeting with archbishop.

  13Document 2.2.4.64 TH Archive—Private detective Toorenaar’s report on Schiphol.

  14Document 2.2.4.51 TH Archive—TH letter to Ministry Attachment archbishop nomination for committee for stolen art.

  CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ON MY OWN

  1Document 2.2.5.40 TH Archive—TH letter to the Lanses.

  2Document 2.2.5.40 TH Archive—TH letter to the Lanses.

  3Document 2.2.5.49 TH Archive—Copies from a book about the four Apostles icons. Document 2.2.5.35 TH Archive—TH letter to the Lanses. Document 2.2.5.41 TH Archive—TH to archbishop for Lans and Papageorgiou visit.

  4Documents 2.2.5.43 and 2.2.5.44 TH Archive.

  5Document 2.2.5.45 TH Archive—Archbishop accepts Tasoula’s proposal and assigns Polak as the Church’s lawyer. Also Document 2.2.5.46 TH Archive.

  6Document 2.2.5.70 TH Archive.

  7Documents 2.2.5.52 and 2.2.5.55 and 2.2.5.62 TH Archive.

  8Document 2.2.5.68 TH Archive.

  9Document 2.2.1.3 TH Archive—Photograph of Archangel Michael provided to TH by VR.

  10Document 2.2.5.56 TH Archive—TH to the Ministry about Archangel Michael.

  11Document 2.2.5.55 TH Archive—TH to archbishop re: Update on Lans and Archangel Michael.

  12Document 2.2.5.63 TH Archive—Son’s letter to T.

  13Document 2.2.5.66 TH Archive—Tasoula’s letter to a possessor of Archangel Michael.

  14Document 2.2.5.78 TH Archive—Doctor/Church agreement Archangel Michael.

  15Document 2.2.6.7 TH Archive.

  16Document 2.2.6.1 TH Archive—Letter from Lans attorney about an exhibition in Holland.

  CHAPTER FIFTEEN: NO JUSTICE

  1Document 2.2.7.14 TH Archive—Extension Polak.

  2Document 2.2.7.15 TH Archive—Papageorgiou’s confirmation of Royal Doors.

  3Document 2.2.7.20 TH Archive—Notes of Lans Meeting. Also, Document 2.2.7.32, TH Archive—Letter from Polak.

  4Document 2.2.7.32 TH Archive—Letter from Polak.

  5Michel Van Rijn, Hot Art, Cold Cash (Little Brown & Company, 1993), pages 8, 9, 13, 15–21.

  6Document 2.2.8.2 TH Archive—Dergazarian statement written by Van Rijn.

  7Document 2.2.7.33 TH Archive—VR handwritten notes to TH re; Royal Doors.

  8Document 2.2.8.3 TH Archive—TH to Ministry—invoke Protocol.

  9Document 2.2.8.8. TH Archive—Minister Alecos Michaelides to Minister Hans van Mierlo on invoking the Protocol (pages 3–5, in English). Also http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

  10Document 2.2.8.6 TH Archive—TH to Polak, draft of Royal Doors letter. Also, Document 2.2.8.7 TH Archive—Polak’s comments on draft letter.

  11Document 2.2.7.33 TH Archive—VR response to Royal Doors letter.

  12Document 2.2.8.33 TH Archive—TH VR lawyer re: Royal Doors letter. Also, Document 2.2.8.13 TH Archive—Final Royal Doors letter.

  13Document 2.2.8.34 TH Archive—TH updates archbishop.

  14Document 2.2.8.27 TH Archive—Papa to TH VR’s expenses.

  15Document 2.2.8.36 TH Archive—Power of Attorney/Fax to Van Rijn.

  16Document 2.2.8.39 TH Archive—Handwritten note from TH to Kanazawa Recipients.

  17Document 2.2.8.39 TH Archive.

  18Documents 2.2.8.43, 2.2.8.44, 2.2.8.48 TH Archive.

  19Document 2.2.8.48 TH Archive—VR Fax to T in Japan.

  20Document 2.2.9.15 TH Archive—Asahi Shimbun.

  CHAPTER SIXTEEN: NO PEACE

  1Document 2.2.9.45 TH Archive—Petition Royal Doors (Greek and English).

  2Document 2.2.9.6 TH Archive—Info to Yamada.

  3Document 2.2.9.31 TH Archive—TH to Kanazawa.

  4Document 2.2.9.41 TH Archive—Kanata Law Firm.

  5Document 2.2.9.39 TH Archive—TH to Ministry.

  6Document 2.2.9.4 TH Archive—TH to Ministry.

  7Document 2.2.8.54 TH Archive—VR to Geraldine Norman.

  8Document 2.2.8.55 TH Archive—Article Van Rijn.

  9Document 2.2.9.63 TH Archive—Meeting with the Ducth re: Lans.

  10Document 2.2.9.60 TH Archive—Royal Doors: Legal advice.

  11Document 2.2.9.74 TH Archive—Polak to Japanese lawyer.

  12Document 2.2.9.81 TH Archive—TH to Kanata Law Firm.

  13Document 2.2.10.21 TH Archive—Law firm to TH Royal Doors.

  14Document 2.2.11.29 TH Archive—TH to President of Cyprus.

  15Document 2.2.11.34 TH Archive—President’s letter to TH.

  16Document 2.2.11.54 TH Archive—Kanazawa to archbishop.

  17Document 2.2.10.3 TH Archive—Article in Algemeen Dagblad Ambassador coming (English translation).

  18Document 2.2.10.4 TH Archive—Roozemond letter to archbishop.

  19Document 2.2.10.4 TH Archive—Roozemond’s open letter to the archbishop and media.

  20Document 2.2.11.19 TH
Archive—Polak to Roozemond re: TH.

  21Document 2.2.11.17 TH Archive—Archbishop response to Roozemond.

  22Document 2.2.10.9 TH Archive—Letter to the British Museum from Van Rijn.

  23Document 2.2.10.13 TH Archive—Polak response to the British Museum (Dutch and English).

  24Document 2.2.10.17 TH Archive—TH to British Museum.

  25Document 2.2.10.22 TH Archive—TH to Papageorgiou re: Lans.

  26Document 2.2.10.14 TH Archive—Polak Extension.

  27Document 2.2.15.6 TH Archive—Letter to Tweede Kamer der Staten General re: support from Dutch Govt.

  28Document 2.2.19.37 TH Archive—Reply Minister of Justice Mr. Sorgdrager.

  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE ROAD TO MUNICH

  1Document 2.2.12.13 TH Archive—Summary of Lans.

  2Document 2.2.12.36 TH Archive—TH to MFA.

  3Document 2.2.13.9 TH Archive.

  4Document 2.2.13.10 TH Archive.

  5Document 2.2.13.35 TH Archive.

  6Document 2.2.15.7 TH Archive—Polk Letter of Extension.

  7Document 2.2.15.20 TH Archive—Copy of Article from the Cyprus News Agency (CAN). Doument 2.2.15.21 TH Archive—Article in De Telegraaf (Greek translation/Dutch original). Document 2.2.40.5 TH Archive—Article Church sues Roozemond Royal Doors.

  8Document 2.2.15.5 TH Archive—De Volkskrant Article Van Rijn (in Dutch).

  9Document 2.2.15.63 TH Archive—German police inform TH and TP Dikmen suffers from AIDS. Oct. 1997 (in Greek).

  10Documents 2.2.15.3, 2.2.15.5 TH Archive—Greek handwritten notes to the archbishop (in Greek)/Article on Van Rijn (in Dutch).

  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: NOT SO FUNNY BUSINESS

  1Document TH Archive 2.2.15.3.

  2Document 2.2.15.10 TH Archive—TH to Ambassador Zenon—Requesting appointment.

  3Document 2.2.15.34 TH Archive.

  4Documents 2.2.15.23 and 2.2.15.24 TH Archive—TH to Zenon.

  CHAPTER NINETEEN: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

  1Document 2.2.15.30 TH Archive—Strategy to archbishop and AG.

  2Document 2.2.15.40 TH Archive—ABN AMRO Account.

  3Document 2.2.15.30 TH Archive—Strategy.

  4Document 2.2.15.42 TH Archive.

  5Document 2.2.15.28 TH Archive—TH to AG (Greek) Confirmation about Munich Part 1.

  CHAPTER TWENTY: THE RETURN

  1Document 2.2.15.40 TH Archive—TH fax to wire money into bank account for VR trade.

  2Document 2.2.15.45 TH Archive—Watson signs receipt MVR payment.

  3Documents 2.2.15.56 & 2.2.15.47 2.2.15.45 TH Archive—Watson to TH.

  4Documents 2.2.16.14 and 2.2.16.16 TH Archive (in English and Greek).

  5Document 2.2.15.48 TH Archive—TH to SI—artifacts delivered.

  6Document 2.2.15.68 TH Archive—agreement with Jan Fred.

  7Document 2.2.15.55 TH Archive—Polak to TH re: Lans development.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: TESTING . . . ONE, TWO

  1Document 2.2.15.63 TH Archive—Report in Greek; Tassos Panayiotou activity with MVR.

  2Document 2.2.15.63 TH Archive—Trip to Munich via Bremme (in Greek—page 7).

  3Document 2.2.15.63 TH Archive—(page 7—Greek—evidence for chapter).

  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: CAPTURING THE GOLD

  1Document 2.2.17.31 TH Archive—Press Release Cyprus.

  2Document 2.2.16.33 TH Archive—Fax to David Hole Attorney for the Church in Germany.

  3Document 2.2.21.5 TH Archive—TH press release on new artifacts found. Document 2.2.21.12 TH Archive—Newspaper articles from Cyprus.

  4Document 2.2.21.72 TH Archive (in Greek).

  CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: LESSONS LEARNED

  1Document 2.2.18.12 TH Archive—FedEx Receipt of Key to Kitschler—Note from TH.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: POWER STRUGGLE

  1Document 2.2.21.74 TH Archive—TH to DG, MFA, Police re: Van Rijn.

  2Document 2.2.20.34 TH Archive—VR to TH casino clippings wants a license 11/11/97.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: TACTICAL WARFARE

  1Document 2.2.19.15 TH Archive—Legal advice re: third party claim.

  2Document 2.2.20.18 TH Archive—TH to AB DG re: Turkish Ambassador (in Greek).

  3Document 2.2.19.24 TH Archive—Poster.

  4Document 2.2.20.62 TH Archive—Dec 6th Text removed from poster Dutch article (page 13, in Dutch) and Document 2.2.20.77 TH Archive—Article on Censorship (in Dutch).

  5Documents 2.2.18.37–2.2.18.97 TH Archive—various press articles.

  6Document 2.2.21.10 TH Archive—Polak on Lans.

  7Document 2.2.20.8 TH Archive—Winkelman—Fax copy of invitation for Exhibition Fax Cyprus.

  8Document 2.2.20.14 TH Archive—November 8th Speech TH Opening of Exhibit.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

  1Documents 2.2.20.32 and 2.2.20.36 TH Archive.

  2Document 2.2.21.25 TH Archive—VR letter to TH after Hilton meeting 12/10.

  3Document 2.2.22.8 TH Archive—Handwritten notes from Tasoula re: Van Rijn.

  4Document 2.2.21.25 TH Archive—MVR private not to TH.

  5Document 2.2.21.26 TH Archive—TH answers MVR addresses his note below.

  6Document 2.2.20.2 TH Archive (in Greek).

  7Documents 2.2.21.15, 2.2.20.34, 2.2.20.42 TH Archive.

  8Document 2.2.21.24 TH Archive—TH letter to AG, MFA, archbishop about turning VR over (in Greek).

  9Document 2.2.21.15 TH Archive—Moral Dilemma TH to archbishop (in Greek).

  10Documents 2.2.21.42 and 2.21.46 and 2.2.21.51 and 2.2.21.68 TH Archive—Invoices for packing.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: RETURN OF THE REFUGEES

  1Documents 2.2.21.70 and 2.2.21.71 TH Archive.

  2Documents 2.2.21.25, 2.2.21.54, 2.2.21.52, 2.2.21.53 2.2.21.38,2.2.21.55 TH Archive.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: IT’S CRIMINAL

  1Document 2.2.20.9 TH Archive—Hole to TH.

  2Document 2.2.22.21 TH Archive—TH to Kitschler info on Schmidt and Andreas.

  3Documents 2.2.22.36 and 2.2.34.11 TH Archive—Bavarian police need report 1/13/98.

  4Document 2.2.22.18 TH Archive (in Greek).

  5Document 2.2.22.37 TH Archive—Stella to TH 1/16/98 Stella, London.

  6Document 2.2.22.36 TH Archive—Hole to TH on Siemandel needs report 1/7/98.

  7Documents 2.2.22.45/47/48/49 TH Archive—POA 1/16/97.

  8Documents 2.2.22.53/59/60 TH Archive—Statement and faxes from Stella (in English and Greek).

  9Document 2.2.23.1 TH Archive—To AG’s office re: statement.

  10Document 2.2.23.2 TH Archive—TH to chief of police Cyprus.

  11Document 2.2.23.3 TH Archive—TH memo to Bishop Vasilios withdraw from Munich case.

  12Document 2.2.23.11 TH Archive—2/12/98 Polak to Hole on TH and Police investigation.

  13Document 2.2.23.17 TH Archive (in Greek).

  14Document 2.2.23.20 TH Archive—Schilling to Stella 2/20/98.

  15Documents 2.2.24.9 and 2.2.24.27 and 2.2.24.29 TH Archive—Polak to AG and Stella.

  16Document 2.2.24.30 TH Archive—DH to TH Dritsoulas Royal Doors.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: CIVIL UNREST

  1Document 2.2.20.7 TH Archive—RP to TH re: Royal Doors to proceed or not.

  2Document 2.2.23.35 TH Archive—Polak to AB re: response to Schilling and VR.

  3Document 2.2.23.46 TH Archive.

  4Document 2.2.23.48 TH Archive—Hole to Polak re: TH report VR testimony.

  5Document 2.2.24.3 TH Archive—VR to TH fax about father.

  6Document 2.2.23.46 TH Archive—Polak responds to Schilling 3/24/98.

  7Document 2.2.24.67 TH Archive—Stella to Schilling & Lom 5/29/98.

  8Document 2.2.5.29 TH Archive—Kyprianou to TH (in Greek).

  9Document 2.2.25.32 TH Archive—Bitsaxis to TH Greek State looking to ratify Hague Conv. (in Greek).

  10Document 2.2.24.30 TH Archive—TH to MFA Hole’s letter, 2.2.24.41 TH to MFA Help!

  11Document 2.2
.24.69 TH Archive—AG misses deadline for Germany.

  12Document 2.2.25.28 TH Archive—TH to BV—copy of Stellas letter to Schilling.

  13Documents 2.2.25.25/26/27/29 TH Archive—Notes on VR meeting airport.

  14Document 2.2.25.40 TH Archive.

  15Document 2.2.25.34 TH Archive—Hole to TH Van Rign claim on Munich artifacts.

  16Document 2.2.25.38 TH Archive—Polak to AB—Summary of Munich Case.

  17Document 2.2.25.34 TH Archive—Fax from Hole on Munich Case.

  18Document 2.2.25.40 TH Archive—David Hole MVR court order on artifacts in Munich.

  19Document 2.2.26.31 TH Archive—Minutes from AB meeting with AG—Stella gets boot.

  20Document 2.2.27.5 TH Archive—Polak to AB minutes from conversations with MVR.

  21Document 2.2.27.39 TH Archive—Polak to AB minutes from meeting at Schiphol.

  22Documents 2.2.27.40/46/47 TH Archive—MVR Settlement in Munich.

  23Document 2.2.29.9 TH Archive—TH to MFA, AG, DG, AB, TH summarizes her ordeal with Munich case—tells them she has tapes, VR lied about her.

  24Document 2.2.28.31 TH Archive—Written Summary of Lans English.

  25Documents 2.2.28.1/2/4/11 TH Archive—Munich—Notes from fake Andreas turnover.

  26Document 2.2.29.26 TH Archive (First Page).

  27Document 2.2.29.42 TH Archive—TH to MFA sending tapes to German police.

  CHAPTER THIRTY: MAKING PEACE

  1Document 2.2.19.37 TH Archive—Unofficial translation.

  2Document 2.2.31.14 TH Archive—Rotterdam Court decision.

  3Document 2.2.32.17 TH Archive—Polak researches appeal.

  4Document 2.2.30.23 TH Archive—DeBrauw Blackstone Westbroek.

  5Document 2.2.31.13 TH Archive—Article on Angel Head Latsi (in Greek).

  6Document 2.2.32.10 TH Archive—Lanitis article—Cyprus Weekly March 1999.

  7Document 2.2.32.11 TH Archive—AB letter to Cyprus Weekly response to Lanitis.

  8Document 2.2.33.17 TH Archive (in Greek).

  9Document 2.2.32.32 TH Archive—Letter to law firm TH.

  10Documents 2.2.33.1 and 2.2.33.4 TH Archive.

  11Document 2.2.33.10 TH Archive—Termination of Consul position.

  12Document 2.2.33.25 TH Archive (in Greek).

  13Document 2.2. 33.29 TH Archive—Article on TH St. Barnabas medal.

  14Document 2.2.33.34 TH Archive (in Greek).