Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art
"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." - Summary by Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. (from the author's note)
Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture, Memoirs
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Paris—London—Versailles | TR Love |
00:47:53 |
Play 02 | Assigned to Frankfurt | TR Love |
00:40:46 |
Play 03 | Munich and the Beginning of Field Work | TR Love |
00:55:06 |
Play 04 | Masterpieces in a Monastery | TR Love |
00:49:43 |
Play 05 | Second Trip to Hohenfurth | TR Love |
00:53:17 |
Play 06 | Loot Underground: The Salt Mine at Alt Aussee | TR Love |
00:39:50 |
Play 07 | Loot Underground: The Salt Mine at Alt Aussee (Continued) | TR Love |
00:46:10 |
Play 08 | The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection | TR Love |
00:32:16 |
Play 09 | The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection (Continued) | TR Love |
00:37:49 |
Play 10 | The Rothschild Jewels; the Göring Collection (Conclusion) | TR Love |
00:32:33 |
Play 11 | Looters’ Castle: Schloss Neuschwanstein | TR Love |
00:51:57 |
Play 12 | Hidden Treasures at Nürnberg | TR Love |
00:34:12 |
Play 13 | Mission to Amsterdam; the Wiesbaden Manifesto | TR Love |
00:43:01 |
Play 14 | Mission to Amsterdam; the Wiesbaden Manifesto (Continued) | TR Love |
00:37:14 |