AuthorKurtz, Michael J., 1949-
TitleAmerica and the return of Nazi contraband : the recovery of Europe's cultural treasures / Michael J. Kurtz
Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
Descript x, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Nazi looting: the war against European culture, 1933-1945 -- Wartime frustrations: great power diplomacy and cultural restitution -- Restitution imbroglio: the American dilemma in the first six months of occupation -- Cultural restitution in the American zone, 1946-1949 -- Special concern: the Jewish inheritance -- Conflict and cooperation: the pollitics of restitution in the Cold War -- Restitution at home: the American scene -- Renewed ferment: restitution in the Post-Cold War era


SUBJECT

  1. World War
  2. 1939-1945 -- Reparations
  3. Cultural property -- Repatriation
  4. World War
  5. 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe
  6. Art thefts -- Europe
  7. Military government -- Germany -- 20th century

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