War criminals
A number of pieces from the NK collection (Netherlands Art Property Collection) used to belong to enemy forces or collaborators in the Netherlands. Which is to say that the works used to belong to persons who were convicted after the war for their wartime behaviour. Although it is not clear how the art works came into their possession, there is a strong suspicion that they were illegally acquired. Some of the art objects in question were sold by the persons involved during the war. As with most of the NK objects, these art works were handed over to the SNK after the war by the Allied authorities. In most cases, the works of art were confiscated after the war in the Netherlands itself, from the residences or offices of the criminals.
