Fritz! | Stolen Jewish Legacies: The Fate of Eugen Spiro and His Looted Collection Presentation by Anne Uhrlandt, Munich (Germany)

In this online lecture, Anne Uhrlandt will present the forgotten story of once prominent German Jewish artist and collector Eugen Spiro (April 18, 1874, Wrocław – September 26, 1972, New York City). During her two-year research project, Uhrlandt reconstructed the artist’s biography and the fate of his looted collection by bringing together evidence and sources from numerous international archives. Two case studies about specific stolen objects highlight the dramatic events following both s the Nazi government ‘s expulsion of Spiro from his profession, robbing him of his sources of income, and the theft of his art collection, which included both his own works of art and works of art by other artists. The case studies demonstrate the potential of provenance research to uncover and reconstruct the rich Jewish contribution to European cultural history before World War II.

Anne Uhrlandt is a doctoral candidate with more than 20 years of experience working as a provenance researcher specialized in Nazi-looted cultural property. Prior to her job at JDCRP as Senior Research and Documentation Officer, she was project coordinator at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich, working as well for the Art Loss Register. She worked previously for the Jewish Museum of Munich.

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