Hitler's last hostages : looted art and the soul of the Third Reich /

Hitler's last hostages : looted art and the soul of the Third Reich /

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Author / Creator:	Lane, Mary M., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : PublicAffairs, 2019. ©2019
Description:	ix, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Gurlitt, Hildebrand. Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Political and social views. Gurlitt, Hildebrand. Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945. Art thefts -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Art treasures in war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany. Art -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Art -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. Art -- Private collections. Art thefts. Art treasures in war. Cultural policy. Destruction and pillage. Political and social views. Germany -- Cultural policy. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. Germany. History. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12526339

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ISBN:	9781610397360 1610397363 9781610397377
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The story of art is integral to the story of the rise of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler, an artist himself, was obsessed with art--in particular, the aesthetic of a purified regime, scoured of 'degenerate' influences that characterized Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. When they came to power in 1933, Hitler and Goebbels set their aesthetic vision into motion and removed degenerate art from German life: artists fled the country; museums were purged; and great works disappeared, only a fraction of which were rediscovered at the end of the Second World War. Most remained in garrets and cellars, the last hostages of the era of the Reich. In 2013, 1290 works by Chagall, Picasso, Matisse, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann and others were rediscovered. In Hitler's Last Hostages, Mary Lane brilliantly tells the story of art and the Third Reich, and the fate of Germany's great artists as they fought to survive the Nazi era"--
Standard no.:	15634079

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