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Mental health of Cornelius Gurlitt before the death of the questioned

According to the results of the medical examination, collector-затворник suffered from paranoia and other mental disorders that can give rise to the heirs to challenge his will (on which his entire collection he bequeathed to the Museum in Bern)

the Story about the collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, stored for decades, away from prying eyes in his Munich apartment, standing newspaper pages even after the death of 81-year-old collector of the recluse. As reported by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the heirs of the collector and his nephews Dietrich of Gurlitt and Uta Werner - ordered medical examination, which questioned the sanity of Cornelius before smarti@

Helmut Hausner, the attorney and the physician psychiatric centre in Bavaria, argues 48 pages of medical reports that Cornelius Gurlitt allegedly suffered from paranoia, which could affect its ability to dispose freely of their own will when drafting wills. Hausner was guided by the documents and letters Gurlitt at diagnosis. The doctor believes that Cornelius Gurlitt suffered from delusions of persecution, from the 1960s, he was afraid that the Nazis would come and steal the collection of his father, art dealer Hildebrandt Gurlitt (who, by the way, collaborated with the Nazis). As it turned out, about 970 of more than a thousand works in the collection of Gurlitt could be taken from pre-war owners or from the state museums (as "degenerate") naciste@

And with all these good things have to look the Art Museum of the city of Bern, which collector named his sole heir. If the nephews Gurlitt decides to contest the will based on the medical report Hausner, the story can go on a new round. However, this development is unlikely, judging by the public statements of the Dietrich Gurlitt and by Uta Werner. They said that they did not plan to contest the will. In an open letter addressed to the Munich bar Association they wrote about their family were persecuted by the Nazis because of their Jewish origin babushki@

as for the Art Museum Bern, November 26, its representatives must make an official statement about whether they are a collection of Cornelius Gurlitt. If they decide after all to join in inheritance, medical examination nephews, apparently, all soon sabout@

Sources: welt.de, dw.de, artinvestment.ru


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