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Author:
Alford, Kenneth D.
Title:
Sacking Aladdin's Cave : plundering Goering's Nazi war treasures / Kenneth D. Alford with Thomas M. Johnson and Mike F. Morris.
Publisher:
Schiffer Pub. Ltd,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Art treasures in war--Europe--History--20th century.
Art thefts--Europe--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
Göring, Hermann,--1893-1946--Art collections.
Germany--Cultural policy.
Other Authors:
Johnson, Thomas M., 1938-
Morris, Mike F.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135) and index.
Contents:
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring -- The 101st Airborne Division -- Normandy -- Market Garden -- Bastogne -- Germany -- The 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion -- The capture of Berchtesgaden -- The payoff -- Aladdin's Cave -- Looting the Reichsmarschall booty -- The Munich central collection point -- Reparations -- Göring objets d'art transferred to the Bavarian government in 1949 -- U.S. Army, war trophies -- The extraordinary Blue Goose -- The Hermann Göring wedding sword -- Hermann Göring's wearing wedding sword.
ISBN:
0764343963
9780764343964
OCLC:
(OCoLC)856053189
LCCN:
2013939096
Locations:
RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

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