The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler''s Dealer and His Secret Legacy

Name: The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler''s Dealer and His Secret Legacy
Brand: Thames & Hudson Ltd
SKU: 9780500292570
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By (author): Catherine Hickley

In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of more than 1,400 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. When Cornelius 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. See more

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Weight: 330g
Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
Publication Date: 21 Jul 2016
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780500292570

About Catherine Hickley

Catherine Hickley reported on arts and culture from Berlin for Bloomberg News for eight years becoming the leading journalist worldwide in the field of Nazi-looted art. Her 16-year Bloomberg career also spanned stints as a reporter covering German politics as Berlin bureau chief and as the editor managing European government news. She previously worked as a journalist in Switzerland and Hungary. A graduate in French and German from London University she witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall from the other side of the Iron Curtain as an English teacher in East Germany in 1989. She had long been intending to write a book about Nazi-looted art when German authorities revealed they had seized an incredible hoard of works by artists including Henri Matisse Pablo Picasso Edgar Degas Otto Dix and Albrecht Duerer in the Munich apartment of the reclusive Cornelius Gurlitt. This fascinating story traversing continents and decades is the subject of her book.