Hermann Goring and the Nazi Art Collection: The Looting of Europe's Art Treasures and Their Dispersal After World War II

by Kenneth D. Alford

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786489558
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/10/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	269
File size:	21 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kenneth D. Alford is an internationally known historical consultant for television productions that involve Nazi looting, and is the author of several books. Retired from a career in banking, he lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Kenneth D. Alford is an internationally known historical consultant for television productions that involve Nazi looting, and is the author of several books. Retired from a career in banking, he lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

1. Göring’s Life Summary     
2. Prewar Art     
3. Göring’s Personal Staff     
4. Art Dealers in Germany     
5. The Annexation of Austria     
6. The Invasion of Poland     
7. Einsatzstab Rosenberg in France     
8. Art Dealers in France     
9. The Art Market in Holland     
10. Art Dealers in Holland     
11. The Art Market in Belgium and Luxembourg     
12. The Art Market in Italy     
13. Art Dealers in Italy      .     
14. The Art Market in Switzerland     
15. Art Dealers in Switzerland     
16. Göring’s War Wealth     
17. The Flight from Berlin     
18. Göring’s Capture     
19. The U.S. Acquires the Hermann Göring Art Collection     
20. The Missing Paintings     
21. Munich Collection Point     

Conclusion     
Appendices
A. Items Taken from Hermann Göring at Nuremberg     
B. Emmy, Edda, and Hermann Göring’s Jewelry     
C. Paintings and Sculptures, by Artist     
D. Books, Photographs, Dishes, Silver, etc     
E. Objets d’Art     
F. Correspondence Regarding the Reported Finding of the Missing Renders Collection Memling Painting Madonna and Child     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

Recommended”—Choice; “a focused study on a major perpetrator of Nazi looting...recommended”—Art Libraries Society of North America; “amazing”—M.G. Paregian, Publisher; “offers a history of the methods used by the Third Reich to strip the occupied European countries of the artistic heritage during WWII”—Reference & Research Book News.

From the Publisher

"offers a history of the methods used by the Third Reich to strip the occupied European countries of the artistic heritage during WWII"

Reference & Research Book News

a focused study on a major perpetrator of Nazi looting...recommended

Art Libraries Society of North America

Recommended

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