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Author:   Arthur J. McLaughlin, Jr.
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.491kg
ISBN:  

9781476666419

ISBN 10:   1476666415
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 December 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Preface  1. The History of the Looting of Art in Western History  2. The Background for Nazi Looting of Art  3. Art Curators Prepare for War  4. The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Organization  5. Adolf Hitler's Interest in Art  6. Hermann Göring's Interest in Art and the van Meegeren Fake  7. Nazi Looting Organizations and the Führermuseum  8. ""Degenerate Art"" and the Exhibition  9. Paris, the Jeu de Paume, and Rose Valland 10. Nazi Propaganda in the Visual Arts 11. Nazi Propaganda in Films 12. The Special Instance of Italy 13. The Allies Begin Returning Art and the Soviets' Trophy Brigades 14. The Allied Seizure, Theft, and Destruction of Art Epilogue Appendix: The Disaster at Flakturm Friedrichshain: A Chronicle and a List of Paintings Chapter Notes Bibliography Index"

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"""Meticulously researched... Engaging... Art and the Nazis is a truly masterful work written in an engaging manner. In 220 pages, McLaughlin invites us to contemplate and understand human behavior and the power of art.""--Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs"

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"Arthur J. McLaughlin, Jr. is an independent art historian and author of six previous books. He is the winner of the Robert Silver Award for Excellence in Teaching Art History, University of Delaware and taught the course ""What Happened to Art in Europe During World War II"" for ten years at Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Delaware."

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