Ruud Breteler

Ruud Breteler studied Dutch language and literature and Theatre Studies in Utrecht. He earned his PhD in 2025 at the Open University with a biography of the German art looter Erhard Göpel. Ruud is currently working on biographies of, and provenance research concerning, art dealers who were also active in the Netherlands during the Second World War: Walter Paech and Nicolaas Beets.