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The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
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The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art Paperback - 1998

by Hector Feliciano

During the occupation of France, the Nazis confiscated nearly 100,000 art works from more than 200 collectors, transporting most of the spoils to Germany. THE LOST MUSEUM tells the true story of the pillage of the most valuable of these collections, which belonged to five renowned Jewish families--Rosenberg, Rothschild, Schloss, David-Weill, and Bernheim-Jeune. photos.


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Between 1939 and 1944, as the Nazis overran Europe, they were also quietly conducting another type of pillage. The Lost Museum tells the story of the Jewish art collectors and gallery owners in France who were stripped of rare works by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, Czanne, and Picasso. Before they were through, the Nazis had taken more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from France.The Lost Museum explores the Nazis' systematic confiscation of these artworks, focusing on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. The book is filled with private family photos of this art, some of which has never before been seen by the public, and it traces the fate of these works as they passed through the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unwitting auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's.

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To begin this intricate story we must first go to the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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  • Title The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
  • Author Hector Feliciano
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York, NY
  • Date 1998-04-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780465041916 / 0465041914
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.09 x 5.98 x 0.76 in (23.09 x 15.19 x 1.93 cm)
  • Reading level 1340
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Central Europe
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, Germany - Cultural policy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97007195
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709.44

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Citations

  • New York Times, 06/21/1998, Page 32

About the author

Hector Feliciano is editor-in-chief of World Media Network. A former cultural writer for the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, he has lived in Paris for many years.
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