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Fragile cargo the World War II race to save the treasures of China's Forbidden City Adam Brookes

Title:: World War II race to save the treasures of China's Forbidden City

Author:: Brookes, Adam (Journalist) Search this

Subject:: Forbidden City (Beijing, China) History Search this

Physical description:: 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), map 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: China; Beijing

Date:: 2023; 2022; 20th century

Topic:: Art treasures in war--History Search this; Cultural property--Protection--History Search this; Art Search this; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1159506

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The forger's spell : a true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century / Edward Dolnick

Author:: Dolnick, Edward 1952- Search this

Subject:: Meegeren, Han van 1889-1947 Search this; Vermeer, Johannes 1632-1675 Forgeries Search this

Physical description:: xii, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Type:: Art and the war

Place:: Netherlands

Date:: 2008; C2008; 20th century

Topic:: Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_899658

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Plundered and rebuilt : the Polish Military Museum during the Second World War and after / Roman Matuszewski, Jolanta Kozimor

Title:: Ograbione Muzeum : Straty wojenne muzeum Wojska w okresie II Wojny światowej

Author:: Matuszewski, Roman Search this; Kozimor, Jolanta Search this

Subject:: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie History Search this

Physical description:: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD Rom (4 3/4 in.)

Type:: Books

Place:: Poland; Warsaw; Europe

Date:: 2007; 20th century

Topic:: Military museums Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions Search this; Art thefts--History Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this

Call number:: U13.P72 W374 2007

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_911271

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The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter

Author:: Edsel, Robert M Search this; Witter, Bret Search this

Subject:: Allied Forces Supreme Headquarters Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Search this

Physical description:: xvi, 473 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm

Type:: Art and the war

Place:: Germany; Europe

Date:: 2009; 20th century

Topic:: Art thefts--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this; Cultural property--Protection--History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_921338

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The English prize : the capture of the Westmorland, an episode of the grand tour / edited by María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui and Scott Wilcox ; with contributions by María del Carmen Alonso Rodríguez [and eighteen others]

Editor:: Sánchez-Jáuregui, María Dolores Search this; Wilcox, Scott 1952- Search this

Subject:: Westmoreland (Ship) Search this

Physical description:: xiii, 378 pages : illustrations, map ; 32 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: Europe; Great Britain; Italy

Date:: 2012; 18th century

Topic:: Art treasures in war--History Search this; Art--Collectors and collecting--History Search this; Grand tours (Education) Search this; Travelers Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1048195

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Rescuing da Vinci : Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered it / Robert M. Edsel ; forewords by Lynn H. Nicholas and Edmund P. Pillsbury

Author:: Edsel, Robert M Search this

Subject:: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Search this

Physical description:: xvi, 302 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm

Type:: Pictorial works; Art and the war

Place:: Europe

Date:: 2006; C2006; 20th century

Topic:: Art thefts--History Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this

Call number:: N8795.3.E85 E37 2006

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_814510

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Vitalizing memory : international perspectives on provenance research

Author:: American Association of Museums Search this; International Provenance Research Colloquium (2004 : American Association of Museums) Search this

Physical description:: 188 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

Type:: Congresses; Art and the war

Place:: Europe

Date:: 2005; 20th century

Topic:: Art--Provenance Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_773679

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Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel

Author:: Edsel, Robert M Search this

Subject:: Keller, Deane 1901-1992 Search this; Hartt, Frederick Search this; Allied Forces Supreme Headquarters Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Search this

Physical description:: xxii, 454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm

Type:: Art and the war

Place:: Italy

Date:: 2013; C2013; 20th century

Topic:: Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this; Art thefts--History Search this; Cultural property--Protection--History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1015287

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Beyond the dreams of avarice : the Hermann Goering collection / Nancy H. Yeide ; introduction by Robert M. Edsel

Title:: Hermann Goering collection

Author:: Yeide, Nancy H. 1959- Search this; Edsel, Robert M Search this

Subject:: Göring, Hermann 1893-1946 Art collections Search this; Carinhall (Templin, Germany) Search this

Physical description:: vi, 518 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm

Type:: Art and the war

Place:: Germany

Date:: 2009; 20th century

Topic:: Art--Private collections--History Search this; Art thefts--History Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this

Call number:: N5267.G67 Y45 2009

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_926838

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Hitler's art thief : Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the looting of Europe's treasures / Susan Ronald

Author:: Ronald, Susan Search this

Subject:: Gurlitt, Hildebrand Search this

Physical description:: xiv, 386 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: Europe

Date:: 2015; 20th century

Topic:: Art thefts--History Search this; Art--Collectors and collecting--History Search this; National socialism and art Search this; Art treasures in war--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1062504

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