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Important paintings and drawings from
Roselius's collection are supplemented by works on loan from the Paula Modersohn-Becker Foundation. Besides Paula's works, the museum also owns the most extensive collection of works by Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949). The rooms that he designed are now used for
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In 1935 local Nazis attacked the art and architecture of the Paula
Modersohn-Becker Museum. Ludwig Roselius ignored this but Hitler denounced the art at the September 1936 Nuremberg NSDAP rally and Roselius contemplated suicide. Barbara Goette intervened on Roselius' behalf and Hitler declared the
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building in her memory. Opened in 1927, the museum now counts as one of the key works of expressionist architecture in
Germany. The collection features works covering the artist's entire career, from the early pictures of her training years in
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Böttcherstrasse as a monument of 'degenerate art'; the offensive works, including the Paula
Modersohn-Becker Museum would not have to be demolished. In exchange Ludwig Roselius pumped capital into Focke-Wulf aircraft company.
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