Benno Griebert
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Benno Griebert (1909 - 2000) was a German art historian and art dealer, and an early member of the Nazi party.[1]
A member of the Nazi party from before 1933, Griebert worked as an advisor for the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in Berlin from 1934 to 1937. At the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts, his role was to ensure that art exhibitions respected Nazi ideology.[2] In 1938-1939 he advised the Berlin National Gallery[3] He also worked with the Nazi looting organisation known as the E.R.R. (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) and had ties to convicted Nazi art looter Bruno Lohse[4] who stayed with the Grieberts after Lohse's release from prison in 1950.
Benno Griebert's son, Peter, became close to Lohse. When Nazi looted art was discovered in the vault of Lohse's Foundation Schonart, the only person authorized to access it was reportedly the younger Grieber.[5]
Benno Griebert was, along with Fritz Nathan, a key dealer for the controversial art collector Emil Bührle.[4]
Postwar activities
After the Second World War, Benno Griebert initially worked as an art dealer in Constance from 1950; from 1958 he continued to run Alexander Gebhardt's Galerie für alte und neue Kunst (Gallery for Old and New Art) in Munich, which was dissolved in the same year.[6]
