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...Vatican circles privately listed Alfred Rosenberg (for his contributions to Nazi racist philosophy) as the top war criminal. Others: Goring (because he could have stopped Hitler in 1939 and because he bombed Rotterdam, Belgrade. Coventry, and, especially, Canterbury); Ley (because of "inhuman treatment of foreign labor...
...Allies at last published the list of 24 top Nazis who will be tried in a group as war criminals under the general charge of conspiracy to wage aggressive war. Specific charges, probably, will be brought against each criminal-the Rotterdam and Coventry bombings against Hermann Goring; wholesale murder against Hans Frank, former Nazi overlord of Poland...
...final proof, said the Dutch, the faked Vermeer Christ and the Disciples in Boyman's Museum at Rotterdam shows Christ seated in a chair which was copied from a chair in van Meegeren's studio...
...Paris house (TIME, Sept. 19, 1938) it was one of the big art stories of the decade. It was a soft-colored, realistic painting in the early style of Old Master (17th Century) Jan Vermeer. The Christ was authenticated by impeccable Dutch art experts, and bought by Rotterdam's Boymans Museum. Last week, a Dutch Nazi confessed that he had painted the "Vermeer" himself -and, what's more, had knocked off six others, plus two Pieter de Hooches for good measure. Total reward for his labors...
When he made his confession, Van Meegeren was in jail awaiting trial as a collaborator. He is still there, and the full details of his sensational story are still to be checked. One official of the Rotterdam Museum has a theory of his own: Van Meegeren may be a muddy-minded fantast with a grudge against museums. Some Dutch art experts, who stand to lose considerable prestige over the affair, just plain don't believe a word of Van Meegeren's story...