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America and the Return of Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#269402
Titel	America and the Return of Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures
Auteur	Kurtz, Michael J.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	0521133408
ISBN13	9780521133401
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The Nazi war on European culture produced the greatest dislocation of art, archives, and libraries in the history of the world. In the ruins of the Reich, Allied occupiers found millions of paintings, books, manuscripts, and pieces of sculpture, from the mediocre to the priceless, hidden in thousands of secret hideaways. This 2006 book tells the story of how the American military government in Germany, spearheaded by a few dozen dedicated Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives officers and enlisted men, coped with restoring Europe's cultural heritage. Caught up in often bitter diplomatic wrangling during and after the war, the American restitution effort struggled to uncover what the Nazis had hidden and to equitably return all that was found. Based on the pioneering study of cultural restituti... (Lees verder)on first published in 1985, America and the Return of Nazi Contraband presents insights into how the American government and Jewish organizations managed the painfully difficult problem of heirless Jewish cultural property.
Pagina's	278
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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