Return-path: Envelope-to: randols@bslaw.net Delivery-date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:48:50 -0400 Received: from [76.91.20.207] (port=61580 helo=[192.168.1.105]) by host.bslaw.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2oeP-0006lz-J4; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:48:50 -0400 From: E. Randol Schoenberg Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-22-559115151 Subject: Fwd: Causa BB Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:47:42 -0700 References: Cc: E. Randol Schoenberg To: Stefan Templ Message-Id: <7FA694E0-8CAE-4CE0-9B68-637FF3FA91B7@bslaw.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-22-559115151 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Begin forwarded message: > From: "E. Randol Schoenberg" > Date: February 23, 2009 7:37:35 AM PST > To: "marilyn.henry@gmail.com" > Subject: FW: Causa BB >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Kristina Laboha > Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:45:46 +0200 > To: E Randol Schoenberg > Subject: Re: Causa BB >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I called Mr. Prochazka and he said, the iron firm (Research Institute = for > Metals) bought the castle in 1992 which is quite early, isn't it, = given the > revolution was in 1989. I don't know when Mrs Stumpfova filed the = lawsuit > which would be quite important to get to know. >=20 > This is their full address: Panensk=C3=A9 B=C5=99e=C5=BEany 50, CZ - = 250 70 Odolena Voda > Czech Republic, Tel. + 420 2 8397 1894, Tel/Fax + 420 2 8397 1816, > www.volny.cz/vuk , vuk@volny.cz. I don't know who exactly owns it. > Below see how they present themselves on the web. >=20 > Kristina >=20 >=20 >=20 > The Research Institute for Metals - V=C3=9AK (V=C3=BDzkumn=C3=BD = =C3=BAstav kov=C5=AF) at Panensk=C3=A9 > B=C5=99e=C5=BEany was established in 1946. Panensk=C3=A9 B=C5=99e=C5=BEa= ny is a small village cituate > at 20 km from the centre of Prague. Successors of this institution at > present are several private companies which cover all its previous > activities. >=20 > V=C3=9AK Panensk=C3=A9 B=C5=99e=C5=BEany, s.r.o. is one of these = companies and it's activities > cover the following areas: >=20 > Applied research and development of new non-ferrous alloys > Development of production and processing technologies of non-ferrous = metals > Testing and analyses of metal materials > Preparation of standard solutions > Heat treatment of materials > Testimonials and expertise > Technology transfer > Harmonisation of Czech standards with European standards > Collection, processing and propagation of scientific and technological > information (data bases of specialised literature) > Consulting, expertise > Informatics and standards (Development and sale of metal and alloy > data-bases). >=20 >=20 > On 4.4.2006 12:08, "E. Randol Schoenberg" wrote: >=20 >> Could you give me the full address of Mr. Prochazka so I can write to = him? >> When exactly was the castle sold? Who owns the iron company? I = simply >> cannot believe that you were able to find out in a matter of days = what no >> one else has told me for 8 years now. Unbelievable. Thank again for = your >> honesty and hard work, sadly very unusual in the these types of = matters. >>=20 >> Randy >>=20 >>=20 >>> From: Kristina Laboha >>> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:59:32 +0200 >>> To: >>> Subject: Re: Causa BB >>>=20 >>> Hi Randy, >>>=20 >>> I called Mrs Stumpfova and told her about the fact the castle is in = the >>> private hands. She said she had not known about it, but she can't = really do >>> much about it. >>>=20 >>> Kristina >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On 3.4.2006 22:18, "E. Randol Schoenberg" wrote: >>>=20 >>>> That would be great. I have no idea why she does not answer my = emails. >>>> Randy >>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>> 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 >>>> Los Angeles, CA 90025-1168 >>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>> Email: randols@bslaw.net >>>> http://www.bslaw.net >>>>=20 >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:39:03 >>>> To: >>>> Subject: Re: Causa BB >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> I don't know, should I give her a call? >>>>=20 >>>> On 3.4.2006 14:14, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> I am waiting to hear from Dr Stumpfova. Did she also know about = the new >>>>> owner >>>>> and Mr Prochazka? She sometimes does not communicate with me very = well, so >>>>> I >>>>> do not know the status of her action to recover the castle. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Randy >>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>> 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 >>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90025-1168 >>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>> Email: randols@bslaw.net >>>>> http://www.bslaw.net >>>>>=20 >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:55:34 >>>>> To:"E. Randol Schoenberg" >>>>> Subject: Re: Causa BB >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi, >>>>>=20 >>>>> Well, that's the report from the archive which mentions only the = history, >>>>> and >>>>> focuses, however, on the war events. That might be the reason why = it >>>>> doesn't >>>>> mention anything recent. The person to contact in the private = firm, that >>>>> owns >>>>> the castle recently, is Mr. Prochazka, I wrote you his number in = one of the >>>>> previous emails. I hope sth can be done in this matter. >>>>> Kristina >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> On 31.3.2006 17:21, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> Attached is the report I received from the State archives in = Prague. No >>>>> mention of the recent privatization. Incredible. You may be the = first >>>>> person >>>>> to tell me the truth. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Randy >>>>>=20 >>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>> 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800 >>>>> Los Angeles, California 90025-1168 >>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>> E-mail: randols@bslaw.net >>>>> http://www.bslaw.net: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> ---------------- >>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:02:19 +0200 >>>>> To: "E. Randol Schoenberg" >>>>> Subject: Causa BB >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi Randy, >>>>> Yes, I am sure. There are two castles there. The so called = =C2=B3lower=C2=B2 one was >>>>> bought by F. Bloch-Bauer after 1909 and it was the one where = Heydrich used >>>>> to >>>>> stay. The upper one was owned by Gerstels. I am talking abouth the = lower >>>>> one >>>>> which was =C2=B3nationalised=C2=B2 in 1947 and which communists = later made a home of >>>>> ICT >>>>> VUK (iron research institute). This research institute was = privitised in >>>>> the >>>>> 90s (as it happened to many state institutes at that time, the guy = I >>>>> called, >>>>> Mr Prochazka, told me, it was a =C2=B3wild privatisation=C2=B2, it = was also a normal >>>>> thing after the revolution in 1989), so now it is in private = hands. >>>>> Naturally, >>>>> the public can't visit the castle nowadays which is a shame. >>>>> The ministry of culture told me that if you and Mrs Stumpfova had >>>>> requested >>>>> the castle to be returned to the Altmans after it got privatised = in the >>>>> 90s, >>>>> you couldn't have succeeded, since the restitution laws apply only = to the >>>>> state property. >>>>> I know it's too bad. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Kristina >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> On 31.3.2006 8:28, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> Are you sure you researched the correct castle? There is another = one >>>>> there >>>>> that was owned by the Gerstel family. I can=C2=B9t believe the = Bloch-Bauer one >>>>> is >>>>> private now since Dr. Stumpfova told me many times it is still = owned by the >>>>> government. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Randy >>>>>=20 >>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>> 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800 >>>>> Los Angeles, California 90025-1168 >>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>> E-mail: randols@bslaw.net >>>>> http://www.bslaw.net: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> ---------------- >>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:58:57 +0200 >>>>> To: >>>>> Subject: Causa BB-news >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi from Prague, >>>>>=20 >>>>> First of all - good news- my article should get out this week, I = managed >>>>> to >>>>> put in the informatipo on the Castle in Odolena voda, so it should = get >>>>> some >>>>> publicity, finally. If you want a copy, I can scan it and send it = via an >>>>> emial. >>>>>=20 >>>>> I talked to Mrs Stumpfova, to the ministry of culture and did some = private >>>>> research. The results are: The castle really is in private hands. = It was >>>>> bought in the 90's by the research institute that got privitised = after >>>>> 1989. >>>>> I.e., because the law dsoesn't allow to return the property to = non-Czechs, >>>>> it sold it to this institution called ICT -VUK Panenske Brezany. >>>>> (institute >>>>> for the iron research). The contact person there is Mr. Prochazka >>>>> (probably >>>>> a lawyer) and his mobile is 00420 283 970 585. >>>>>=20 >>>>> The ministry wrote to me (Petra Ulbichova) that they can't do = anything >>>>> about >>>>> it. Well, what could one expexct? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Last thing . Could you do me a favour? May I use your pictures of = you, >>>>> Maria >>>>> and Adele you have on your web page to accompany the article? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Thanks a lot, have a good day, >>>>> Kristina >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> On 27.3.2006 18:35, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> That is only for artworks. I don't think the law changed for = property. >>>>>> Randy >>>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>>> 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 >>>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90025-1168 >>>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>>> Email: randols@bslaw.net >>>>>> http://www.bslaw.net: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>>> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:30:56 >>>>>> To: >>>>>> Subject: Re: Causa BB >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> I called Mrs. Schumpfova but she was out of reach. I will try = tomorrow. As >>>>>> far as I know there was a Czech law valid until last year that = had >>>>>> prevented >>>>>> the non-Czechs from getting back their property, though it might = have >>>>>> been >>>>>> stolen by the Nazis. But since the Czech Rep was under the = international >>>>>> pressure, they had to change it. So today, even (and thanks God = it's like >>>>>> that now) non-citizens can apply for the restitution. What a = progress:) >>>>>> Recently, the Canadian relatives of Oskar Federer, who was a very = rich >>>>>> businesmann from Ostrava beforre the war, won back 20 pictures = including >>>>>> Kokoschka annd Munch. The regional gallery has to put it back, = although it >>>>>> wants to appeal at the Supreme court. So you might have a chance = winning >>>>>> another case today:) >>>>>> Kristina >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> On 27.3.2006 18:02, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> As far as I know it is owned by the government. A huge scandal. = You >>>>>>> should >>>>>>> definitely write about it. Even the Austrians are giving back = properties. >>>>>>> Why >>>>>>> not the Czechs? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Randy >>>>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>>>> 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 >>>>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90025-1168 >>>>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>>>> Email: randols@bslaw.net >>>>>>> http://www.bslaw.net: >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>>>> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:51:00 >>>>>>> To:"E. Randol Schoenberg" >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Causa BB >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Dear Mr. Schoenberg, >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Thanks really very much for your answers, it will help me a lot. >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>>> Thanks also for the info on the castle in Odolena Voda, which = got >>>>>>> infamously >>>>>>> inscribed in the memory of Czechs under its name Panenske = Breazny >>>>>>> (Jungfrau >>>>>>> Breshan) - when Heydrich chose it as his residence. (As you = probably >>>>>>> know, >>>>>>> he actually set on his last journey to Prague's castle from here = and got >>>>>>> killed on the way). >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> As for the castle itself, I have read somewhere on the internet = that it >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> in private hands nowadays - which seems weird to me after what = you have >>>>>>> said. I will defnitely try to find it out and will for sure = mention it in >>>>>>> the article. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Anyways, I will be most pleased if I could help a bit in the = case. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Thanks and have a good day, >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Kristina=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> P.S. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Meanwhile, I also got an email from Mr Grab who contacted me and = my >>>>>>> family >>>>>>> some time ago. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> On 24.3.2006 16:36, "E. Randol Schoenberg" = wrote: >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> Thanks. I wish you would write on the Bloch-Bauer castle in >>>>>>>> Odolena-Voda >>>>>>>> that was confiscated by the Nazis, used as the residence of = Reinhard >>>>>>>> Heydrich, and then confiscated by the Communists and never = returned to >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> family. It is still owned by the Czech government today. See >>>>>>>> http://www.bslaw.com/altmann/photos/brezan.jpeg.: >>>>>>>> We have a = lawyer in >>>>>>>> Prague, Dr. Alena Stumpfova, who has been working on the case = but it is >>>>>>>> going nowhere and we could use some publicity in the Czech = press. It is >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> real scandal, I think. >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> E. Randol Schoenberg >>>>>>>> Burris & Schoenberg, LLP >>>>>>>> 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 >>>>>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90025-1168 >>>>>>>> Tel: (310) 442-5559 >>>>>>>> Fax: (310) 442-0353 >>>>>>>> eFax: (425) 740-0483 >>>>>>>> Email: randols@bslaw.net >>>>>>>> http://www.bslaw.net: >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> From: Kristina Laboha >>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:18:23 +0100 >>>>>>>>> To: >>>>>>>>> Subject: Causa Bloch Bauer, Prague >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Schoenberg, >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> Let me introduced myself. My name is Kristina Laboha (27), and = I have >>>>>>>>> been >>>>>>>>> recently working as a journalist for one of the biggest Czech = dailies, >>>>>>>>> Pravo.=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> However, I worked in the Czech section of the BBC for two = years until >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> got >>>>>>>>> closed at the beginning of this year, and my colleague and = good friend >>>>>>>>> Petr >>>>>>>>> Brod told me you would be, naturally, the best person to = contact in the >>>>>>>>> Bloch Bauer case - which is the subject of my research = nowadays. >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> First of all, I have to congratulate you on winning the case - = I am >>>>>>>>> glad >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> Klimt's pictures finally got back to its rightful owner. >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> I myself have some Jewish predecessors (Grabs, Mahlers and = Saluses) and >>>>>>>>> think that returning the property to its owner is the smallest = thing >>>>>>>>> how >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> world can pay back to Jews who suffered so much in the last = century. >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> However, I would appreciate if you could perhaps give me some = answers >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> causa which I could incorporate in my article: for example >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> - Was it a difficult case to win and what was the most = importnant >>>>>>>>> argument >>>>>>>>> that the court decided Austria had to return the masterpieces? >>>>>>>>> -What does it mean for you, personally? >>>>>>>>> - What will be the further fate of the pictures, after = exhibiting them >>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>> Los Angeles, will Mrs Altmann keep them in private collection, = or will >>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>> go on display in the galleries? >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> Thank you very much, I hope I am not taking too much of your = time. >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> Best regards >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>> Kristina Laboh=C3=A1 >>>>>>>>> Editor, Pravo >>>>>>>>> cell: 00420 777 95 11 28 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> . >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> . >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------ End of Forwarded Message >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-22-559115151 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
From: "E. Randol = Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net>
Date: February 23, 2009 = 7:37:35 AM PST
Subject: FW: Causa = BB



------ Forwarded = Message
From: Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:45:46 +0200
To: E Randol Schoenberg = <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: = Re: Causa BB

Hi,

I called Mr. Prochazka and he said, the = iron firm (Research Institute for
Metals) bought the castle in 1992 = which is quite early, isn't it, given the
revolution was in 1989. I = don't know when Mrs Stumpfova filed the lawsuit
which would be quite = important to get to know.

This is their full address: Panensk=C3=A9= B=C5=99e=C5=BEany 50, CZ - 250 70 Odolena Voda
Czech Republic, Tel. = + 420 2 8397 1894, Tel/Fax + 420 2 8397 1816,
www.volny.cz/vuk , vuk@volny.cz. I don't know who exactly = owns it.
Below see how they present themselves on the = web.

Kristina



The Research Institute for Metals - = V=C3=9AK (V=C3=BDzkumn=C3=BD =C3=BAstav kov=C5=AF) at = Panensk=C3=A9
B=C5=99e=C5=BEany was established in 1946. Panensk=C3=A9 = B=C5=99e=C5=BEany is a small village cituate
at 20 km from the centre = of Prague. Successors of this institution at
present are several = private companies which cover all its = previous
activities.

V=C3=9AK Panensk=C3=A9 B=C5=99e=C5=BEany, = s.r.o. is one of these companies and it's activities
cover the = following areas:

Applied research and development of new = non-ferrous alloys
Development of production and processing = technologies of non-ferrous metals
Testing and analyses of metal = materials
Preparation of standard solutions
Heat treatment of = materials
Testimonials and expertise
Technology = transfer
Harmonisation of Czech standards with European = standards
Collection, processing and propagation of scientific and = technological
information (data bases of specialised = literature)
Consulting, expertise
Informatics and standards = (Development and sale of metal and alloy
data-bases).


On = 4.4.2006 12:08, "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

Could you give me the full = address of Mr. Prochazka so I can write to = him?
When exactly was the = castle sold?  Who owns the iron company?  I = simply
cannot believe that you = were able to find out in a matter of days what = no
one else has told me for 8 = years now.  Unbelievable.  Thank again for = your
honesty and hard work, = sadly very unusual in the these types of = matters.

Randy


From: Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:59:32 = +0200
To: <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Re: Causa = BB

Hi = Randy,

I called Mrs Stumpfova and told = her about the fact the castle is in = the
private hands. She said she had not known about it, but = she can't really do
much about = it.

Kristina



On 3.4.2006 22:18, "E. Randol = Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

That = would be great. I have no idea why she does not answer my = emails.
Randy
E. = Randol Schoenberg
Burris = & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 = Wilshire Blvd., Suite = 800
Los = Angeles, CA = 90025-1168
Tel: = (310) 442-5559
Fax: = (310) 442-0353
eFax: = (425) 740-0483
Email: = randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net

-----Original = Message-----
From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: = Mon, 03 Apr 2006 = 14:39:03
To:<randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Re: Causa = BB


I = don't know, should I give her a = call?

On = 3.4.2006 14:14, "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

I am waiting to hear from Dr = Stumpfova. Did she also know about the = new
owner
and Mr Prochazka?  She = sometimes does not communicate with me very well, = so
I
do not know the status of her = action to recover the = castle.

Randy
E. Randol = Schoenberg
Burris & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite = 800
Los Angeles, CA = 90025-1168
Tel: (310) = 442-5559
Fax: (310) = 442-0353
eFax: (425) = 740-0483
Email: randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net

-----Original = Message-----
From: Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 = 10:55:34
To:"E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Re: Causa = BB

Hi,
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">

Well, that's the report from = the archive which mentions only the = history,
and
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
focuses, however, on the war = events. That might be the reason why = it
doesn't
mention anything recent. The = person to contact in the private firm, = that
owns
=
the castle recently, is Mr. = Prochazka, I wrote you his number in one of = the
previous emails. I hope sth can = be done in this = matter.
= Kristina




On 31.3.2006 17:21, "E. Randol = Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

Attached is the report I = received from the State archives in Prague. =  No
mention of the recent = privatization.  Incredible.  You may be the = first
person
to tell me the = truth.

= Randy

E. Randol = Schoenberg
Burris & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite = 800
Los Angeles, California = 90025-1168
Tel: (310) = 442-5559
Fax: (310) = 442-0353
eFax: (425) = 740-0483
E-mail: randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net: <http://www.bslaw.net>



----------------
<= /blockquote>
From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:02:19 = +0200
To: "E. Randol Schoenberg" = <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Causa = BB

Hi = Randy,
Yes, I am sure. There are two = castles there. The so called =C2=B3lower=C2=B2 one = was
bought by F. Bloch-Bauer after = 1909 and it was the one where Heydrich = used
to
stay. The upper one was owned by = Gerstels. I am talking abouth the = lower
one
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
which was =C2=B3nationalised=C2=B2= in 1947 and which communists later made a home = of
ICT
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
=C2=ADVUK (iron research = institute). This research institute was privitised = in
the
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
90s (as it happened to many = state institutes at that time, the guy = I
called,
Mr Prochazka, told me, it was a = =C2=B3wild privatisation=C2=B2, it was also a = normal
thing after the revolution in = 1989), so now it is in private = hands.
Naturally,
the public can't visit the = castle nowadays which is a = shame.
The ministry of culture told me = that if you and Mrs Stumpfova = had
requested
the castle to be returned to the = Altmans after it got privatised in = the
90s,
=
you couldn't have succeeded, = since the restitution laws apply only to = the
state = property.
I know it's too = bad.

= Kristina




On 31.3.2006 8:28, "E. Randol = Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

Are you sure you researched the = correct castle?  There is another = one
there
that was owned by the Gerstel = family.  I can=C2=B9t believe the Bloch-Bauer = one
is
private now since Dr. Stumpfova = told me many times it is still owned by = the
government.

= Randy

E. Randol = Schoenberg
Burris & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite = 800
Los Angeles, California = 90025-1168
Tel: (310) = 442-5559
Fax: (310) = 442-0353
eFax: (425) = 740-0483
E-mail: randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net: <http://www.bslaw.net>



----------------
<= /blockquote>
From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:58:57 = +0200
To: <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Causa = BB-news


Hi from = Prague,

First of all - good news- my = article should get out this week, I = managed
to
put in the informatipo on the = Castle in Odolena voda, so it should = get
some
=
publicity, finally. If you want = a copy, I can scan it and send it via = an
= emial.

I talked to Mrs Stumpfova, to = the ministry of culture and did some = private
research. The results are: The = castle really is in private hands. It = was
bought in the 90's by the = research institute that got privitised = after
1989.
I.e., because the law dsoesn't = allow to return the property to = non-Czechs,
it sold it to this institution = called ICT -VUK Panenske = Brezany.
(institute
for the iron research). The = contact person there is Mr. = Prochazka
(probably
a lawyer) and his mobile is = 00420 283 970 = 585.

The ministry wrote to me (Petra = Ulbichova) that they can't do = anything
about
it. Well, what could one = expexct?

Last thing . Could you do me a = favour? May I use your pictures of = you,
Maria
and Adele you have on your web = page to accompany the = article?

Thanks a lot, have a good = day,
= Kristina





On 27.3.2006 18:35, "E. Randol = Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

That = is only for artworks. I don't think the law changed for = property.
Randy
E. Randol = Schoenberg
Burris = & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 = Wilshire Blvd., Suite = 800
Los = Angeles, CA = 90025-1168
Tel: = (310) = 442-5559
Fax: = (310) = 442-0353
eFax: = (425) = 740-0483
Email: = randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net: <http://www.bslaw.net>

-----Original = Message-----
From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: = Mon, 27 Mar 2006 = 18:30:56
To:<randols@bslaw.net>
Subject:= Re: Causa = BB

Hello,
I called Mrs. Schumpfova but she = was out of reach. I will try tomorrow. = As
far as = I know there was a Czech law valid until last year that = had
prevented
the non-Czechs from getting back = their property, though  it might = have
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
been
=
stolen by the Nazis. But since = the Czech Rep was under the = international
pressure, they had to change it. So today, even (and = thanks God it's = like
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
that = now) non-citizens can apply for the restitution. What a = progress:)
Recently, the Canadian relatives of Oskar Federer, who was = a very = rich
<= blockquote type=3D"cite">
businesmann from Ostrava beforre the war, won back 20 = pictures = including
Kokoschka annd Munch. The regional gallery has to put it = back, although = it
wants = to appeal at the Supreme court. So you might have a chance = winning
another = case = today:)
Kristina

On = 27.3.2006 18:02, "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

As far as I know it is owned by = the government. A huge scandal. = You
should
definitely write about it. Even the Austrians are giving = back = properties.
Why
<= /blockquote>
not = the = Czechs?

Randy
E. = Randol = Schoenberg
Burris = & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite = 800
Los Angeles, CA = 90025-1168
Tel: = (310) = 442-5559
Fax: = (310) = 442-0353
eFax: = (425) = 740-0483
Email: = randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net: <http://www.bslaw.net>

-----Original = Message-----
From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 = 11:51:00
To:"E. = Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject: Re: Causa = BB

Dear = Mr. = Schoenberg,

Thanks = really very much for your answers, it will help me a = lot.
<= /blockquote>
 
Thanks = also for the info on the castle in Odolena Voda, which = got
infamously
inscribed in the memory of Czechs  under its name = Panenske = Breazny
(Jungfrau
Breshan)= - when Heydrich chose it as his residence. (As you = probably
know,
he = actually set on his last journey to Prague's castle from here and = got
killed on the = way).
=

As for = the castle itself, I have read somewhere on the internet that = it
is
in = private hands nowadays - which seems weird to me after what you = have
<= /blockquote>
said. = I will defnitely try to find it out and will for sure mention it = in
the = article.

Anyways,= I will be most pleased if I could help a bit in the = case.
=

Thanks = and have a good = day,
<= /blockquote>

Kristina= =

P.S.
=

Meanwhile, I also got an email from Mr Grab who contacted = me and = my
family
some = time = ago.
<= /blockquote>


On = 24.3.2006 16:36, "E. Randol Schoenberg" <randols@bslaw.net> = wrote:

Thanks.  I wish you would = write on the Bloch-Bauer castle = in
Odolena-Voda
that = was confiscated by the Nazis, used as the residence of = Reinhard
Heydrich, and then confiscated = by the Communists and never returned = to
the
<= /blockquote>
family. =  It is still owned by the Czech government today. =  See
http://www.bslaw.= com/altmann/photos/brezan.jpeg.:
<http://www.bslaw.com/altmann/= photos/brezan.jpeg.>   We have a lawyer = in
Prague, Dr. Alena Stumpfova, who = has been working on the case but it = is
going nowhere and we could use = some publicity in the Czech press.  It = is
a
real scandal, I = think.


E. Randol = Schoenberg
Burris & Schoenberg, = LLP
12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite = 800
Los Angeles, CA = 90025-1168
Tel: (310) = 442-5559
Fax: (310) = 442-0353
eFax: (425) = 740-0483
Email: randols@bslaw.net
http://www.bslaw.net: <http://www.bslaw.net>




From: = Kristina Laboha <kristina.laboha@pravo.cz><= br>
Date: = Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:18:23 = +0100
=
To: <randols@bslaw.net>
Subject:= Causa Bloch Bauer, = Prague

Dear Mr. = Schoenberg,

Let me introduced myself. My = name is Kristina Laboha (27), and I = have
<= /blockquote>
been
=
recently working as a journalist = for one of the biggest Czech = dailies,
Pravo. =

However, I worked in the Czech = section of the BBC for two years = until
=
it
got
<= /blockquote>
closed at the beginning of this = year, and my colleague and good = friend
Petr
=
Brod told me you would be, = naturally, the best person to contact in = the
Bloch = Bauer case - which is the subject of my research = nowadays.

First of all, I have to = congratulate you on winning the case - I = am
glad
=
the
<= /blockquote>
Klimt's pictures finally got = back to its rightful = owner.

I myself have some Jewish = predecessors (Grabs, Mahlers and Saluses) = and
think = that returning the property to its owner is the smallest = thing
=
how
<= /blockquote>
the
<= /blockquote>
world can pay back to Jews who = suffered so much in the last = century.

However, I would appreciate if = you could perhaps give me some = answers
on
the
<= /blockquote>
causa which I could incorporate = in my article: for = example

- Was it a difficult case to win = and what was the most = importnant
argument
that the court decided Austria = had to return the = masterpieces?
-What does it mean for you, = personally?
- What will be the further fate = of the pictures, after exhibiting = them
<= /blockquote>
in
Los Angeles, will Mrs Altmann = keep them in private collection, or = will
<= /blockquote>
they
=
go on display in the = galleries?


Thank you very much, I hope I am = not taking too much of your = time.
=

Best = regards

Kristina = Laboh=C3=A1
Editor, = Pravo
=
cell: 00420 777 95 11 = 28
















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