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• Title:Hitler's art thief : Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the looting of Europe's treasures / Susan Ronald.
  
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• Author/Creator:Ronald, Susan, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: N8795.3.E85 R66 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Gurlitt, Hildebrand.
  Art thefts--Europe--History--20th century.
  Art--Collectors and collecting--Europe--History--20th century.
  National socialism and art.
  Art treasures in war--Europe--History--20th century.
  World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Europe.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographies.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:xiv, 386 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"The world was stunned when eighty-year old Cornelius Gurlitt became an international media superstar in November 2013 on the discovery of over 1,400 artworks in his 1,076 square-foot Munich apartment, valued at around $1.35 billion. Gurlitt became known as a man who never was - he didn't have a bank account, never paid tax, never received social security. He simply did not exist. He had been hard-wired into a life of shadows and secrecy by his own father long before he had inherited his art collection built on the spoliation of museums and Jews during Hitler's Third Reich. The ensuing media frenzy unleashed international calls for restitution, unsettled international relations, and rocked the art world. Ronald reveals in this stranger-than-fiction-tale how Hildebrand Gurlitt succeeded in looting in the name of the Third Reich, duping the Monuments Men and the Nazis alike. As an "official dealer" for Hitler and Goebbels, Hildebrand Gurlitt became one of the Third Reich's most prolific art looters. Yet he stole from Hitler too, allegedly to save modern art. This is the untold story of Hildebrand Gurlitt, who stole more than art-he stole lives, too"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781250061096 (hardback)
  1250061091 (hardback)
  9781466866829 (e-book)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I UNMAKING OF THE MAN
  1. New York, May 1944
  2. At the Beginning
  -Germany, 1907
  3. From The Hague to Vienna
  4. Cause and Effect
  5. War
  6. Gurlitt's Struggle
  7. Peace
  8. Aftermath
  9. Weimar Trembles
  pt. II ART AND POLITICS
  10. Rebels with a Cause
  11. Hopes and Dreams
  12. From New York to Zwickau
  13. Mysterious Mr. Kirchbach
  14. Root of Evil
  15. Chameleons and Crickets
  16. First Stolen Lives
  pt. III WORLD WAR AND WILDERNESS
  17. Chambers of Horrors
  18. Four Horsemen
  19. Tradecraft
  20. Treasure Houses
  21. Posse Years
  22. Swallowing the Treasure
  23. Viau
  24. King Raffke
  25. Quick, the Allies Are Coming!
  26. Surrendered ... or Captured?
  pt. IV STOLEN LIVES
  27. House Arrest
  28. Under the Microscope
  29. Dusseldorf
  30. Aftermath and Munich
  31. Lion Tamer
  32. Feeding Frenzy.