The Munich Art Hoard. Hitler's Dealer And His Secret Legacy

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Thames And Hudson Ltd
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 272 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to the elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of more than 1,200 paintings, drawings and prints. When Hildebrand Gurlitts trove became public in November 2013, it caused a worldwide media sensation. Catherine Hickley has delved into archives and conducted dozens of interviews to uncover the story behind the headlines. Her book illuminates a dark period of German history, untangling a web of deceit and silence that has prevented the heirs of Jewish collectors from recovering art stolen from their families more than seven decades ago by the Nazis. Hickley recounts the shady history of the Gurlitt hoard and brings its story right up to date, as 21st-century politicians and lawyers puzzle over the inadequacies of a legal framework that to this day falls short in securing justice for the heirs of those robbed by the Nazis. Hickley is the worlds leading journalist in the field of Nazi-looted art and a former arts and culture reporter for Bloomberg News.

ISBN: 9780500252154