English Translation

From a pro domo note by the Central Office for Monument Protection of the same day, it follows that the possibility of acquiring the property was discussed with Hans Posse (who had been in charge of acquiring paintings for the "Guide Museum" planned in Linz since 1939); from a later note dated 23 March 1939, it was announced that he would increase the amount required. On 19 April 1940, Friedrich Plattner forwarded the letter of attorney Ernst Egger to the Reich Chancellery on 12 April 1940 and repeated the request to entrust him with the purchase negotiations. He also reported that he had received the assurance from the Chief Financial Officer that, in the case of a sale of the present painting, post-taxation would not be higher than RM 550,000,--. On 1 April 1940, it was found that Adolf Hitler, after a corresponding lecture by Hans Heinrich Lammers, did not incline to a decree of the inheritance fees or to a settlement of Jaromir Czernin with land ownership, so that the acquisition of the image by those RM 1 million. On 3 July 1940, Friedrich Plattner wrote to the Reichskanzlei on his report dated 19 July 1940. In April 1940, the Ministry of the Interior and Cultural Affairs of Vienna referred to the purchase of RM 1.75 million. could not be financed and would therefore have to be fully approved from the funds available to Adolf Hitler, referring once again to the amount of RM 1 million freed by the confiscation of the Oskar Bondy Collection. On September 5, 1940, the (Vienna) Ministry of Internal and Cultural Affairs sent its act and a copy of the offer of attorney Ernst Egger dated April 12, 1940 to the First Director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Fritz Dworschak, who subsequently turned to the cultural officer in the Reichsstatthalterei, Hermann Habermann, who asked Jaromir Czernin on 5 September 1940. On September 15, 1940, he was asked to consult and met him on September 13, 1940 at the Regina Palast Hotel in Munich, where Jaromir Czernin signed a written declaration that he wanted to sell the actual painting around RM 1.5 million plus the inheritance fees to Adolf Hitler or the German Reich. The purchase price is reduced by RM 100,000,-- when Adolf Hitler acquires the painting in question.