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Author Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.

Title Hitler's holy relics : a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire / Sidney D. Kirkpatrick.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  940.53 KIRKPATRICK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.531 KIRKPATRICK    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.531 KIRKPATRICK    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  940.531 KI    DUE 12-26-24
Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description x, 316 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note On t.p., "o" in "holy" appears as swastika symbol.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich.
Contents Blacksmith's alley -- Monuments men -- Camp Ritchie boys -- Invasion of Nürnburg -- Thor's hammer -- Pandora's box -- Spear of destiny -- Himmler's scholars -- The Aryan Jesus -- Hitler's fairy-tale kingdom -- Teutonic knights -- The enemy at the gates -- Chain of command -- Himmler's courier -- Keys to the vault -- Hitler's holy reich -- Externsteine -- Black Camelot -- The White House -- Nazi plunder -- Camp king -- The crown jewels -- The Faustian bargain -- The Fourth Reich -- Epilogue.
Subject Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- History.
Horn, Walter, 1908-1995.
Crown jewels -- Austria -- History -- 20th century.
Art thefts -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe.
Art treasures in war -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781416590620 hardback
1416590625 hardback
9781416597803 (ebk.)
1416597808 (ebk.)
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