The rape of Europa : the fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War / Lynn H. Nicholas.

Collection type	Library
Author	Nicholas, Lynn H.;
Call Number	709.043 N598r
Document type	Monograph
Year	1994.
Citation	93011317
Pagination	x, 498 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher	Knopf,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-475) and index.
Place made	New York

Abstract

I. Prologue: They Had Four Years: Germany Before the War: The Nazi Art Purges -- II. Period of Adjustment: The Nazi Collectors Organize; Austria Provides, Europe Hides -- III. Eastern Orientations: Poland, 1939-1945 -- IV. Lives and Property: Invasion othe West; The Nazi Art Machine in Holland -- V. Lenity and Cruelty: Occupied France: Protection and Confiscation -- VI. Business and Pleasure: France: The Art Market Flourishes; Nazi Kultur Withers -- VII. Plus ca change: The Invasion of the Soviet Unio-- VIII. Inch by Inch: The Launching of the Allied Protection Effort -- IX. The Red-Hot Rake: Italy, 1943-1945 -- X. Touch and Go: The Allies Take Over: Northern Europe, 1944-1945 -- XI. Ashes and Darkness: Treasure Hunts in the Ruined Reich, 1945 -- XIMixed Motives: The Temptation of Germany's Homeless Collections -- XIII. The Art of the Possible: Fifty Years of Restitution and Recovery.