Leopold Popper-Podhragy

Leopold Popper-Podhragy (born 17 September 1886 in Vienna; died 17 January 1986 there) was an Austrian private banker and art collector who was looted by the Nazis.

[2] It included works by Waldmüller, such as Gebirgslandschaft mit Haus[3] When Austria was annexed to Hitler's Germany, Leopold Popper-Podhragy was classified as a so-called "half-Jew" and arrested several times by the Gestapo.

[4] According to the study by Sophie Lillie "Was einmal war - Handbuch der entteigneten Kunstsammlungens Wien ", the assets of Leopold Popper-Podhragy were confiscated as enemy property within the framework of a Nazi guardianship procedure.

During the Nazi era, the plots of land were placed under "absent guardianship" or administered by "disposition agents" and the city acquired the properties on extremely favorable terms.

In 1983, the 96-year-old baron sold Unterberg Castle[10] and all of his property in St. Corona am Wechsel and only lived in Vienna.