Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art
Autor Suzanne Loebl, Abigail Wilentzen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 dec 2025
Each chapter focuses on a selection of artworks, the individuals who owned or acquired them, and those who decided their fate. Since the book spotlights Hitler's crusade against "degenerate" art, readers will encounter many Expressionist works, but they will also find old masters stolen by the Nazis and later restituted.
The author has also added a personal element to the text, incorporating autobiographical anecdotes on relatives' special relationships to art, their voyage from Germany to America, and the fate of their collections.
Illustrations appear throughout the book, and following the main text, two appendices offer a listing of 100 Nazi-stolen artworks currently housed in U.S. museums and capsule biographies of people discussed in the book.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538194225
ISBN-10: 1538194228
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 25 full-colour illustrations, 2 tables
Dimensiuni: 178 x 256 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1538194228
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 25 full-colour illustrations, 2 tables
Dimensiuni: 178 x 256 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Growing Up with Art in Pre-World War II Germany
2. German Expressionist Art Finds Its Champions
3. The Nazis Cleanse Their Museums
4. Hitler's Sales Force
5. The Lucerne Auction and Other Sales
6. Austria: Ripe for Plunder
7. Émigré Art Dealers and Their Artists
8. Artists In Exile: Adieu, Europe, Hello, America
9. Two-Faced France
10. Holland: A Good Country Confronts Evil
Appendix A: A Treasury of Looted and Migrant Works in US Museums
Appendix B: Selected Cast of Characters
Preface
1. Growing Up with Art in Pre-World War II Germany
2. German Expressionist Art Finds Its Champions
3. The Nazis Cleanse Their Museums
4. Hitler's Sales Force
5. The Lucerne Auction and Other Sales
6. Austria: Ripe for Plunder
7. Émigré Art Dealers and Their Artists
8. Artists In Exile: Adieu, Europe, Hello, America
9. Two-Faced France
10. Holland: A Good Country Confronts Evil
Appendix A: A Treasury of Looted and Migrant Works in US Museums
Appendix B: Selected Cast of Characters
Recenzii
A work that stands out from the immense and ever-growing shelf of World War II literature. . . . A rich portrait of the fate of art-and artists-in the shadow of Hitler.
As a Holocaust survivor, Loebl's writing displays a deep degree of sensitivity and level of poignancy. Readers are swept along as the author shares what happened, painting by painting, starting with the theft and then looking at a great many of the pieces that were recovered and restored to their rightful owners. . . . The writing is crisp throughout, and each segment about a piece of art brings us deftly into the next one.
Loebl has produced an in-depth art-historical examination of a dark time for European culture. Plunder and Survival represents a significant addition to our understanding of how and why the rapacious Nazis sought to erase art and artists they didn't like.
A unique and extraordinary contribution to the growing library of Holocaust related histories and accounts . . . An informative, engaging, and simply fascinating read from start to finish.
Suzanne Loebl weaves her own fascinating and unique family history into a narrative that is as compelling as it is detailed. Plunder & Survival is a must-read and will undoubtedly change the way we look at the art looted by the Nazi regime.
As a Holocaust survivor, Loebl's writing displays a deep degree of sensitivity and level of poignancy. Readers are swept along as the author shares what happened, painting by painting, starting with the theft and then looking at a great many of the pieces that were recovered and restored to their rightful owners. . . . The writing is crisp throughout, and each segment about a piece of art brings us deftly into the next one.
Loebl has produced an in-depth art-historical examination of a dark time for European culture. Plunder and Survival represents a significant addition to our understanding of how and why the rapacious Nazis sought to erase art and artists they didn't like.
A unique and extraordinary contribution to the growing library of Holocaust related histories and accounts . . . An informative, engaging, and simply fascinating read from start to finish.
Suzanne Loebl weaves her own fascinating and unique family history into a narrative that is as compelling as it is detailed. Plunder & Survival is a must-read and will undoubtedly change the way we look at the art looted by the Nazi regime.