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Hitler's last hostages : looted art and the soul of the Third Reich

Lane, Mary M., author

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\"The story of art is integral to the story of the rise of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler, an artist himself, was obsessed with art--in particular, the aesthetic of a purified regime, scoured of 'degenerate' influences that characterized Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. When they came to power in 1933, Hitler and Goebbels set their aesthetic vision into motion and removed degenerate art from German life: artists fled the country; museums were purged; and great works disappeared, only a fraction of which were rediscovered at the end of the Second World War. Most remained in garrets and cellars, the last hostages of the era of the Reich. In 2013, 1290 works by Chagall, Picasso, Matisse, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann and others were rediscovered. In Hitler's Last Hostages, Mary Lane brilliantly tells the story of art and the Third Reich, and the fate of Germany's great artists as they fought to survive the Nazi era\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Subject: Gurlitt, Hildebrand Art collections. / Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Political and social views. / Art thefts Germany History 20th century. / Art treasures in war Germany History 20th century. / World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Germany. / Art Mutilation, defacement, etc. Germany History 20th century. / Germany Cultural policy. / Germany History 1933-1945.
• ISBN: 9781610397360

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
N8795.3.G3 L36 2019	1	BOOK	ARTS