The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War, Numéro 53Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 25 avr. 1995 - 512 pages Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The real story behind the major motion picture The Monuments Men. The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it. From the Nazi purges of "Degenerate Art" and Goering's shopping sprees in occupied Paris to the perilous journey of the Mona Lisa from Paris and the painstaking reclamation of the priceless treasures of liberated Italy, The Rape of Europa is a sweeping narrative of greed, philistinism, and heroism that combines superlative scholarship with a compelling drama. |
Table des matières
The Nazi Collectors Organize | 27 |
Poland 19391945 | 57 |
Invasion of the West The Nazi | 81 |
Occupied France Protection | 115 |
France The Art Market Flourishes | 153 |
The Invasion of the Soviet Union | 185 |
The Launching of the Allied Protection Effort | 203 |
Italy 19431945 | 229 |
Treasure Hunts in the Ruined Reich | 327 |
The Temptation of Germanys Homeless | 369 |
Fifty Years of Restitution | 407 |
Notes | 445 |
| 467 | |
| 477 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and ... Lynn H. Nicholas Affichage d'extraits - 1994 |
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and ... Lynn H. Nicholas Affichage d'extraits - 1994 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Ahnenerbe Allied American April Archives Army arrived artists August Aussee Berlin bombing Bormann British brought Bührle Carinhall castle château colleagues Collecting Point Commander confiscated Cracow cultural curators dealers Dequoy diary director Dutch evacuation exhibition Florence forced France French Führer Gauleiter George Stout German German art Goering Goering's Goudstikker guards Haberstock headquarters Hitler Hofer Ibid immediately Italian Italy Jaujard Jeu de Paume Jewish Jews July June Kaiser Friedrich Museum Kunstschutz later Linz looting Louvre MFAA officers Miedl million Monuments officers moved Mühlmann Munich museum National Gallery Nazi November objects occupied packed paintings Palace Papers Paris Poland Posse protection refuges Reich Reichsmarschall removed Report repositories Roberts Commission Rorimer Rose Valland Rosenberg Russians Schloss sent September SHAEF soon Stout taken things tion treasures troops trucks United Utikal Valland Walker Hancock Wehrmacht Wildenstein wrote York Zone