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Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

Gelesen von TR Love

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"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of this assignment, I was engaged in field work which included the recovery of looted works of art from such out-of-the-way places as a monastery in Czechoslovakia, a salt mine in Austria, and a castle in Bavaria. Later, as Deputy Chief of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, Office of Military Government, U. S. Zone, I participated in the restitution of recovered art treasures to the countries of rightful ownership.

This book is primarily an account of my own experiences in connection with these absorbing tasks; but I have also chronicled the activities of a number of my fellow officers, hoping thereby to provide the reader with a more comprehensive estimate of the work as a whole than the resumé of my own duties could have afforded." - Summary by Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. (from the author's note) (10 hr 1 min)

Chapters

Paris—London—Versailles

47:53

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Assigned to Frankfurt

40:46

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Munich and the Beginning of Field Work

55:06

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Masterpieces in a Monastery

49:43

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Second Trip to Hohenfurth

53:17

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Loot Underground: The Salt Mine at Alt Aussee

39:50

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Loot Underground: The Salt Mine at Alt Aussee (Continued)

46:10

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The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection

32:16

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The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection (Continued)

37:49

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The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection (Conclusion)

32:33

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Looters’ Castle: Schloss Neuschwanstein

51:57

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Hidden Treasures at Nürnberg

34:12

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Mission to Amsterdam; the Wiesbaden Manifesto

43:01

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Mission to Amsterdam; the Wiesbaden Manifesto (Continued)

37:14

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