The spoils of World War II : the American military's role in the stealing of Europe's treasures / Kenneth D. Alford

Publication | Library Call Number: D810.A7 A37 1994

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Alford, Kenneth D.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Carol Pub. Group, c1994
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index
Locale: Europe
Language: English

Physical Description: xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction
1: Spilling the Beans
2: The Hungarian Gold Train
3: The Budingen Affair
4: The Occupation of Berlin
5: The Early Raids
6: The Kaminsky Affair
7: Concealing the Nest Eggs
8: The General's Kingdom
9: The Property Control Warehouse
10: The Salzburg Coin Collection
11: Robberies in the Property Control Warehouse
12: Judge James H. McGuire
13: The Unearthing of the Treasure
14: Washington D.C. - 1946
15: The Tightening Noose
16: The Trials
17: The End of the Gold Train Property
18: Austria - 1947
19: The Austrian Monasteries
20: The Salzburg Province
21: The Munich Collection Center
22: Evelyn Tucker's Final Report
23: The Looting of the Munich Collection Center
24: The Good Fortune of Austria
25: Resolution
Appendix: Partial Inventory of SS Loot.
ISBN: 1559722371
Notes: "A Birch Lane Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
Art thefts--Europe--History--20th century.
Art treasures in war--Europe.
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