death in 1942. Among the works sold to the Sonderauftrag were the following: Ferdinand Bol "The Angel of the Lord appears unto Gideon" NK 2484 Stephan Godl "Adam and Eve" NK 636-a-b The correspondence between Bachstitz and Posse concerning these works is preserved. Posse achieved high price reductions. Greek / Tanagra Figure "Standing Woman" NK 620; RMO, Leiden; CCP-Database Girolamo da Santa Croce "Saint John the Baptist" NK 1627 German (Cologne) "A small altar with saints and two scenes" NK 2707 German (also Alpian) "St. Mary and St. John before the Crucifixion" NK 1552 Greek Snake Bracelets NK 864-a-b Greek Carnelian Engraved Gem 2904 Gerrit Berckheyde "Grote Markt with Cathedral St. Bavo in Haarlem" NK 2581; CCP-Database; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem Alexander Colin "Heavenly Apparition over a Town" NK 631 Canaletto (copy after) "The return of the Bucintoro to the Molo on Ascension day" NK 1798 Jan van Scorel "St. Paul" NK 2919 Pietro Cappelli "Roman Capriccio" NK 1892 Greek Golden bracelet with Serapis head, 1st century NK 865/CCP-Database, RMO, Leiden Surrounding of Giovanni di Francesco del Cervelliera Frame NK1787 François Duquesnoy "Cupido" (attribution: Venice, 16th century) CCP-Database Greek "standing woman 'the night' (Nyx)" CCP-Database; Getty Villa Malibu In February 1941 Bachstitz officially resigned as supervisory director of the Bachstitz Gallery and his wife became the managing director. Together with his wife, he continued to provide a clandestine management role. In this way, they avoided having the Gallery placed under the forced administration for the duration of the war. According to the documents in the file concerning his successful application to become a Dutchman after the war the couple provided undercover protection for Jews trying to escape the authorities. In 1942 Bachstitz was summoned by the occupation authority (the "Wirtschaftsamt") as he had failed to register the gallery as "non-Aryan property". Proceedings were commenced against him and he was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in July 1943 and imprisoned in the Scheveningen prison in The Hague. Due to an intervention of Göring initiated by Bachstitz' brother-in-law Hofer, he was released from prison. He was then also exempted from wearing the Star of David. Furthermore, the couple had their marriage dissolved in September 1943 to prevent the confiscation of the gallery by the occupying authority. Between 1942 und 1944 Bachstitz sold a number of works to the museums that were run by Kurt Martin, the head of the Museums of the