| Edition |
English-language edition. |
| Description |
248 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Verlorene Bilder, Verlorene Leben. München : Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag GmbH, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Lilly and Claude Cassirer -- Paul Westheim -- Alfred and Tekla Hess, Hans Hess -- Leo Bendel -- Eleonora and Francesco von Mendelssohn -- Walter Westfeld -- Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers -- Max Silberberg -- Max Steinthal -- Oscar Huldschinsky and Ann Sommer -- Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer -- Karl Grünwald -- Alma Mahler-Werfel -- Alphonse Mayer and Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild -- Jacques Goudstikker -- Nazi-looted art. |
| Summary |
The legendary names include Rothschild, Mendelssohn, Bloch-Bauer—distinguished bankers, industrialists, diplomats, and art collectors. Their diverse taste ranged from manuscripts and musical instrushy;ments to paintings by Old Masters and the avant-garde. But their stigma as Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe doomed them to exile or death in Hitler’s concentration camps. Here, after years of meticulous research, Melissa Müller (Anne Frank: The Biography) and Monika Tatzkow (Nazi Looted Art) present the tragic, compelling stories of 15 Jewish collectors, the dispersal of their extraordinary collections through forced sale and/or confiscation, and the ongoing efforts of their heirs to recover their inheritance. For every victory in the effort to return these works to their rightful heirs, there are daunting defeats and long court battles. This real-life legal thriller follows works by Rembrandt, Klimt, Pissarro, Kandinsky, and others. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe.
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Jewish property -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Art thefts -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Tatzkow, Monika.
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| Added Title |
Verlorene Bilder, Verlorene Leben. English
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Jewish collectors, Nazi art theft, and the quest for justice |
| ISBN |
9780865652637 |
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0865652635 |
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