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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farmer, Walter I. (Walter Ings), 1911-
Other Authors: Goldmann, Klaus
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.
Series:Cultural property studies.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter one: My Castle; Chapter two: Honest Duty; Chapter three: Museum Man; Beginning in Wiesbaden; The Regierungsbezirk; Assistance to Artists; Ready!; 20-Aug-45; Chapter four: Westward Ho, Watteau!; Chapter five: Fine Arts and Archives; Chapter six: The Search for Missing Treasures; Walter Ings Farmer, Time Line; Map; Appendix I; The Roberts Commission; Appendix II; II a Wiesbaden Manifesto November 7, 1945; II b Wiesbaden Collecting Point: List of Contents 1946; II.c Receipt of Custody: List of German-Owned Works of Art (The "202").
  • II d List of Paintings from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum: The "202"Appendix III; III a Miscellaneous Papers; III b Nefertiti; Appendix IV; The Obligations of Victory: Walter Farmer and the Wiesbaden Manifesto; Appendix V; Photo Documentation; Index.

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