The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465041916)

Between 1939 and 1944, as the Nazis overran Europe, they were also quietly conducting another type of pillage. The Lost Museum tells the story of the Jewish art collectors and gallery owners in France who were stripped of rare works by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, C騷anne, and Picasso. Before they were through, the Nazis had taken more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from France.The Lost Museum explores the Nazis' systematic confiscation of these artworks, focusing on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. The book is filled with private family photos of this art, some of which has never before been seen by the public, and it traces the fate of these works as they passed through the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unwitting auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's.

Author: Hector Feliciano
ISBN-10: 0465041914
ISBN-13: 9780465041916
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/25/1998
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.09h x 5.98w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/21/1998 pg. 32