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Author Taber, George M., author.

Title Chasing gold : the incredible story of how the Nazis stole Europe's bullion / George M. Taber.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.5314 TABER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  540.531 TABER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  540.531 TABER    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.5314 TABER    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5314 TABER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5314 TABER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.531 TABER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5314 TAB    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5314 T11    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.53 TABER    Check Shelf

Edition First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Description xvi, 527 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-497) and index.
Contents The glitter of gold -- Spanish prelude -- Adolf Hitler's argonaut -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's argonaut -- Hermann Göring grabs control -- The club for central bankers -- Austria becomes the first easy piece -- An inside job against Czechoslovakia -- Mutiny at the Reichsbank -- Poland's long odyssey -- Northern lights go out -- The world's Fort Knox -- Denmark and Norway fall quickly -- Italy crushes Albania -- Holland falls in four days -- Belgium and Luxembourg trust France -- The fall of France -- The Vatican's secret gold -- Escape to Casablanca -- Britain on the brink -- Destination Dakar -- Balkan distractions -- The Soviet Union stares into an abyss -- Melmer gold -- Dragging everything out Italian style -- Partners in gold -- The Allies finally crack down -- Rich discovery in a salt mine -- The Götterdämmerung of gold -- The end of a sordid tale.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe.
Gold -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Banks and banking, Central -- Europe.
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
Reichsbank (Germany)
ISBN 9781605986555
1605986550
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