MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009052301
003 DLC
005 20100903083929.0
008 091217s2010 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009052301
020 $a9781416590620 (hbk.)
020 $a1416590625 (hbk.)
020 $z9781416597803 (ebk.)
020 $z1416597808 (ebk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn419812915
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050 00 $aD810.A7$bK57 2010
082 00 $a940.53/1$222
100 1 $aKirkpatrick, Sidney.
245 10 $aHitler's holy relics :$ba true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire /$cSidney D. Kirkpatrick.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2010.
300 $ax, 316 p., [24] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aOn t.p., "o" in "holy" appears as swastika symbol.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aTells 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.
505 0 $aBlacksmith'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.
610 20 $aAllied Forces.$bSupreme Headquarters.$bMonuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section$xHistory.
600 10 $aHorn, Walter William,$d1908-1995.
650 0 $aCrown jewels$zAustria$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aArt thefts$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConfiscations and contributions$zGermany.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vArt and the war.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDestruction and pillage$zEurope.
650 0 $aArt treasures in war$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCultural property$xProtection$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.