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001 2015028465
003 DLC
005 20151216080549.0
008 150721s2015 nyua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2015028465
020 $a9781250061096 (hardback)
020 $z9781466866829 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aN8795.3.E85$bR66 2015
082 00 $a709.2$223
084 $aBIO024000$aHIS037070$aTRU000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRonald, Susan,$eauthor.
245 10 $aHitler's art thief :$bHildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the looting of Europe's treasures /$cSusan Ronald.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2015.
300 $axiv, 386 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
520 $a"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 $1.35 billion. Gurlitt became known as a man who never was - he didn't have a bank account, never paid tax, never received social security. He simply did not exist. He had been hard-wired into a life of shadows and secrecy by his own father long before he had inherited his art collection built on the spoliation of museums and Jews during Hitler's Third Reich. The ensuing media frenzy unleashed international calls for restitution, unsettled international relations, and rocked the art world. Ronald reveals in this stranger-than-fiction-tale how Hildebrand Gurlitt succeeded in looting in the name of the Third Reich, duping the Monuments Men and the Nazis alike. As an "official dealer" for Hitler and Goebbels, Hildebrand Gurlitt became one of the Third Reich's most prolific art looters. Yet he stole from Hitler too, allegedly to save modern art. This is the untold story of Hildebrand Gurlitt, who stole more than art-he stole lives, too"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aGurlitt, Hildebrand.
650 0 $aArt thefts$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aArt$xCollectors and collecting$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNational socialism and art.
650 0 $aArt treasures in war$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConfiscations and contributions$zEurope.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRUE CRIME / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/096/9781250061096/image/lgcover.9781250061096.jpg