Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg

Nazi organization

Also known as: ERR

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The Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) was a Nazi organization established in 1941, led by Alfred Rosenberg. Its primary objective was the systematic looting of cultural property, particularly art and artifacts, from occupied territories in Eastern Europe during World War II. The ERR confiscated vast collections, including paintings, sculptures, and historical documents, with the intention of enriching Nazi Germany and furthering its ideological goals. Rosenberg, a key Nazi ideologist, also authored works promoting racial purity and the supposed superiority of the Nordic race. After the war, Rosenberg was convicted as a war criminal at the Nuremberg trials and executed.1

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…organization called the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg). Although the ERR was originally charged with the collection and suppression of “undesirable” political media, Hermann Göring almost immediately changed its mission to the seizure of private Jewish collections. It confiscated more than 200 French private collections and inflicted forced sales and…
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…organization called the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg). Although the ERR was originally charged with the collection and suppression of “undesirable” political media, Hermann Göring almost immediately changed its mission to the seizure of private Jewish collections. It confiscated more than 200 French private collections and inflicted forced sales and…
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