
Salt Mines and Castles, The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art
By Thomas Carr HoweLength10h 44m
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Excerpt: "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."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Salt mines and castles
2(1) PARIS—LONDON—VERSAILLES
3(2) ASSIGNED TO FRANKFURT
4(3) MUNICH AND THE BEGINNING OF FIELD WORK
5(4) MASTERPIECES IN A MONASTERY
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6(5) SECOND TRIP TO HOHENFURTH
7(6) LOOT UNDERGROUND: THE SALT MINE AT ALT AUSSEE
8(7) THE ROTHSCHILD JEWELS; THE GÖRING COLLECTION
9(8) LOOTERS’ CASTLE: SCHLOSS NEUSCHWANSTEIN
10(9) HIDDEN TREASURES AT NÜRNBERG
11(10) MISSION TO AMSTERDAM; THE WIESBADEN MANIFESTO
12APPENDIX