The spoils of war : World War II and its aftermath : the loss, reappearance, and recovery of cultural property /
Simpson, Elizabeth.
The spoils of war : World War II and its aftermath : the loss, reappearance, and recovery of cultural property / Elizabeth Simpson. - 336 pages
Explores the ongoing debate over the vast amounts of cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Not only paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, but also archaeological artefacts, rare books and manuscripts, musical instruments and scores, religious objects and memorabilia of every description were seized by the Nazis, taken by individuals, or removed to the USSR by the Soviet army by the end of the war.
9780810944695 0810944693
Destruction and Pillage
Cultural Property
World War, 1939-1945
Protection (International Law)
World War, 1939-1945, Confiscations and Contributions
Cultural Property, Protection
Congresses
940.531
The spoils of war : World War II and its aftermath : the loss, reappearance, and recovery of cultural property / Elizabeth Simpson. - 336 pages
Explores the ongoing debate over the vast amounts of cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Not only paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, but also archaeological artefacts, rare books and manuscripts, musical instruments and scores, religious objects and memorabilia of every description were seized by the Nazis, taken by individuals, or removed to the USSR by the Soviet army by the end of the war.
9780810944695 0810944693
Destruction and Pillage
Cultural Property
World War, 1939-1945
Protection (International Law)
World War, 1939-1945, Confiscations and Contributions
Cultural Property, Protection
Congresses
940.531