X-ray scans uncover Nazi symbols hidden beneath postwar painting
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Erich Mercker (1891–1973), a painter from Munich, was quite successful in his day. Between 1933 and 1945, he painted works containing Nazi symbolism, including “Die Stätte des 9. November,” which depicts the Feldherrnhalle monument in Munich commemorating the NSDAP’s failed coup in 1923. After the war, Mercker, like many other German artists, simply continued his […]