CAMP MARCUS W. ORR1
SS
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA J
Kajetan Muehlmann states under oath:
I have been a member of the NSDAP since 1 April 1938, I was a Brig. Gen. [Oberfuehrer] in the SS.
I never was an illegal Nazi.
I was the special deputy of the Governor General of Poland, Hans Frank, for the safeguarding of art treasures in the General Government, October 1939 to September 1943.
Goering, in his function as chairman of the Reich Defense Council, had commissioned me with this duty.
I confirm, that it was the official policy of the Governor General, Hans Frank, to take into custody all important art treasures, which belonged to Polish public institutions, private collections and the Church. I confirm, that the art treasures mentioned, were actually confiscated, and it is clear to me, that they would not have remained in Poland in case of a German victory, but that they would have been used to complement German artistic property.
/s/ Dr. Kajetan Muehlmann /t/ DR. KAJETAN MUEHLMANN Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th day of November
1945.
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B. D. Silliman Major JAGD
B. D. SILLIMAN MAJOR, J.A.G.D.
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Affidavit concerning Frank's policy of confiscating Polish "art treasures," including works from public institutions, private collections, and the Church
Authors
Kajetan Muehlmann (Dr., official in Government General (Poland) (1939-40))
Kajetan Muehlmann
Art historian, art plunderer and dealer on behalf of the Nazis (1898-1958)
- Born: 1898-06-26 (Uttendorf)
- Died: 1958-08-02 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: Austria
- Occupation: Nazi plunder; art collector; art historian; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Dienststelle Mühlmann; Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Nazi plunder; World War II looting of Poland
- Significant person: Gert Adriani
Date: 19 November 1945
Defendants: Hans Frank, Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3042
Citations: IMT (page 1667), IMT (page 5915)
HLSL Item No.: 451265
Notes:For the decrees issued for Frank's operation, see document PS 1773.
Document Summary
PS-3042: Signed statement of Dr Kajetan Muehlmann, special deputy of the governor general of Poland, re confiscation of Polish art treasures
PS-3042: Affidavit of ss-oberftthrer Dr. Kajetan Muhlmann, 19 November 1945, concerning his duties 1939 to 1945, as special agent for the seizure of Polish art treasures in the government general