| Hermann Goring and the Nazi Art Collection: The Looting of Europe's Art Treasures and Their Dispersal After World War II Contributor(s): Alford, Kenneth D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786468157 ISBN-13: 9780786468157 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 709.409 |
| LCCN: 2012010669 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.05 lbs) 269 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During World War II, the Nazis plundered from occupied countries millions of items of incalculable value estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Spearheaded by Hermann Goring the looting program quickly created the largest private art collection in the world, exceeding the collections amassed by the Metropolitan in New York, the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. By the end of the war, the Nazis had stolen roughly one-fifth of the entire art treasures of the world. This book explores the formation of the Nazi art collection and the methods used by Goring and his party to strip occupied Europe of a large part of its artistic heritage. |