The bequeathed art of the late Cornelius Gurlitt to Kunstmuseum Bern was controversial due to the potential Nazi or Nazi looted Art that was in his possession at the time he bequeathed it. Possibly even some of the late Adolf Hitler’s Art. The Art is currently in the possession of and housed by Kunstmuseum Bern in Bern, Switzerland.

When one compares his utterances of a year or so ago with those made fifteen years earlier, a thing that strikes one is the rigidity of {Hitler's} mind, the way in which his world-view doesn’t develop. It is the fixed vision of a monomaniac and not likely to be much affected by the temporary manoeuvres of power politics. Probably, in Hitler’s own mind, the Russo-German Pact represents no more than an alteration of timetable. The plan laid down in Mein Kampf was to smash Russia first, with the implied intention of smashing England afterwards. Now, as it has turned out, England has got to be dealt with first, because Russia was the more easily bribed of the two. But Russia’s turn will come when England is out of the picture — that, no doubt, is how Hitler sees it. Whether it will turn out that way is of course a different question.