The safekeepers : a memoir of the arts at the end of World War II /

Item discusses life at the Wiesbaden Collecting Point in Germany, where cultural property and art works were collected and held at the end World War II. In November 1945 the Director of the Collection Point (the author) received a telegram ordering him to send 200 premier German-owned art works to W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farmer, Walter I. (Walter Ings), 1911-
Otros Autores: Goldmann, Klaus
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.
Colección:Cultural property studies.
Temas:
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz > History > 20th century.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin > Preussischer Kulturbesitz
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Art and the war.
Art treasures in war > Germany.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Allemagne > Art et guerre.
Trésors artistiques durant la guerre > Allemagne.
Art treasures in war
Kunstroof.
Germany
Art
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Item discusses life at the Wiesbaden Collecting Point in Germany, where cultural property and art works were collected and held at the end World War II. In November 1945 the Director of the Collection Point (the author) received a telegram ordering him to send 200 premier German-owned art works to Washington. He and his officers resisted this command with a written protest that became known as the Wiesbaden Manifesto.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110893502
3110893509

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