The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy To Steal The World's Greatest Works Of Art
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465041914 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Art book" according to Donna R Stovall. Great book history about art. "Brillant work" according to Suze. I've read the Lost Museum a number of times for research I am doing on this period. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in WW2 and the devastation caused by the Nazi's. As a fellow journalist I commend Mr. Feliciano for his painstaking work and battling on despite the odds. Bravo, cet oeuvre est un grand succès et je suis sur loin d'être fini. Nous attendons avec impatience la suite!. "Heartbreaking" according to Kindle Customer. This is a very well written book, it does a great job of allowing you to follow the train of events and understand who the players were, even though it was easiest to follow when talking about well known families (ie: the Rothschilds) it also follows in how devastated the collections were. With the Rothschilds being kept mainly together whereas various dealers had degenerate collections thrown to the wind.The only issue I had, was it spoke about researching an overall plan but mainly spoke only to the art theft in Paris, specifying that would have been nice, but
. That the network was so deviously intricate illustrates the enormous challenge of restitution. If you like a good detective story and can tolerate the frustration of justice impaired by greed, then this thoroughly documented dark tale is for you. Pillage is one of the traditional perks of warfare. Filled with family photos of the art, some never before seen by the public, The Lost Museum tracks the pieces as they passed through the hands of German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unsuspecting auction houses. But it took Adolf Hitler to systematize the decimation and despoiling of cultures, and it took Hector Feliciano seven years to track five famous art collections stolen by the Nazis. He uncovered not only Nazi schemes but also a well-oiled machine of collaborators, informants, moving companies, and neighbors, all with their fingers in the pie. Inspired by a fascination with the theft of five prominent Parisian Jewish families'
Before they were through, the Nazis had taken more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from France.The Lost Museum explores the Nazis’ systematic confiscation of these artworks, focusing on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. The book is filled with private family photos of this art, some of which has never before been seen by the public, and it traces the fate of these works as they passed through the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unwitting auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s.. The Lost Museum tells the story of the Jewish art collectors and gallery owners in France who were stripped of rare works by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, Cézanne, and Picasso. Between 1939 and 1944, as the Nazis overran Europe, they were also quietly conducting another type of pillage