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Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis

Author : Robert M. Edsel
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393240452
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis written by Robert M. Edsel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men: "An astonishing account of a little-known American effort to save Italy's…art during World War II." —Tom Brokaw When Hitler’s armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind’s greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. On the eve of the Allied invasion, General Dwight Eisenhower empowered a new kind of soldier to protect these historic riches. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes—artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt—embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli. With the German army retreating up the Italian peninsula, orders came from the highest levels of the Nazi government to transport truckloads of art north across the border into the Reich. Standing in the way was General Karl Wolff, a top-level Nazi officer. As German forces blew up the magnificent bridges of Florence, General Wolff commandeered the great collections of the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace, later risking his life to negotiate a secret Nazi surrender with American spymaster Allen Dulles. Brilliantly researched and vividly written, the New York Times bestselling Saving Italy brings readers from Milan and the near destruction of The Last Supper to the inner sanctum of the Vatican and behind closed doors with the preeminent Allied and Axis leaders: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Churchill; Hitler, Göring, and Himmler. An unforgettable story of epic thievery and political intrigue, Saving Italy is a testament to heroism on behalf of art, culture, and history.

Lives Reclaimed

Author : Mark Roseman
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627797866
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Lives Reclaimed written by Mark Roseman and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the celebrated historian of Nazi Germany, the story of a remarkable but completely unsung group that risked everything to help the most vulnerable In the early 1920s amidst the upheaval of Weimar Germany, a small group of peaceable idealists began to meet, practicing a quiet, communal life focused on self-improvement. For the most part, they had come to know each other while attending adult education classes in the city of Essen. But “the Bund,” as they called their group, had lofty aspirations—under the direction of their leader Artur Jacobs, its members hoped to forge an ideal community that would serve as a model for society at large. But with the ascent of the Nazis, the Bund was forced to reevaluate its mission, focusing instead on offering assistance to the persecuted, despite the great risk. Their activities ranged from visiting devastated Jewish families after Kristallnacht, to sending illicit letters and parcels of food and clothes to deportees in concentration camps, to sheltering political dissidents and Jews on the run. What became of this group? And how should its deeds—often small, seemingly insignificant acts of kindness and assistance—be evaluated in the broader history of life under the Nazis? Drawing on a striking set of previously unpublished letters, diaries, Gestapo reports, other documents, and his own interviews with survivors, historian Mark Roseman shows how and why the Bund undertook its dangerous work. It is an extraordinary story in its own right, but Roseman takes us deeper, encouraging us to rethink the concepts of resistance and rescue under the Nazis, ideas too often hijacked by popular notions of individual heroism or political idealism. Above all, the Bund’s story is one that sheds new light on what it meant to offer a helping hand in this dark time.

The Rescue of Germany, and As Noble Lenders, by Garet Garrett...

Author : Garet Garrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue of Germany, and As Noble Lenders, by Garet Garrett... written by Garet Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rescue of Germany

Author : Garet Garrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue of Germany written by Garet Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rescue of Germany, and As Noble Lenders

Author : Garet Garrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue of Germany, and As Noble Lenders written by Garet Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Escape from the Third Reich

Author : Sune Persson
Publisher : Frontline
ISBN 13 : 9781848325562
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Escape from the Third Reich written by Sune Persson and published by Frontline. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World War II escape story, as exciting as a Hollywood movie.

The Great Rescue

Author : Peter Hernon
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062433881
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Great Rescue written by Peter Hernon and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in commemoration of the centennial of America’s entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europe—a unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at this epic time. When war broke out in Europe in August 1914, the new German luxury ocean liner SS Vaterland was interned in New York Harbor, where it remained docked for nearly three years—until the United States officially entered the fight to turn the tide of the war. Seized by authorities for the U.S. Navy once war was declared in April 2017, the liner was renamed the USS Leviathan by President Woodrow Wilson, and converted into an armed troop carrier that transported thousands of American Expeditionary Forces to the battlefields of France. For German U-Boats hunting Allied ships in the treacherous waters of the Atlantic, no target was as prized as the Leviathan, carrying more than 10,000 Doughboys per crossing. But the Germans were not the only deadly force threatening the ship and its passengers. In 1918, a devastating influenza pandemic—the Spanish flu—spread throughout the globe, predominantly striking healthy young adults, including soldiers. Peter Hernon tells the ship’s story across multiple voyages and through the experiences of a diverse cast of participants, including the ship’s captain, Henry Bryan; General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force; Congressman Royal Johnson, who voted against the war but enlisted once the resolution passed; Freddie Stowers, a young black South Carolinian whose heroism was ignored because of his race; Irvin Cobb, a star war reporter for the Saturday Evening Post; and Elizabeth Weaver, an army nurse who saw the war’s horrors firsthand; as well as a host of famous supporting characters, including a young Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Thoroughly researched, dramatic, and fast-paced, The Great Rescue is a unique look at the Great War and the diverse lives it touched.

50 Children

Author : Steven Pressman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062237497
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book 50 Children written by Steven Pressman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939—the single largest group of unaccompanied refugee children allowed into the United States—for readers of In the Garden of Beasts and A Train in Winter. In early 1939, America's rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United States. As deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country, neither President Roosevelt nor Congress rallied to their aid. Yet one brave Jewish couple from Philadelphia refused to silently stand by. Risking their own safety, Gilbert Kraus, a successful lawyer, and his stylish wife, Eleanor, traveled to Nazi-controlled Vienna and Berlin to save fifty Jewish children. Steven Pressman brought the Kraus's rescue mission to life in his acclaimed HBO documentary, 50 Children. In this book, he expands upon the story related in the hour-long film, offering additional historical detail and context to offer a rich, full portrait of this ordinary couple and their extraordinary actions. Drawing from Eleanor Kraus's unpublished memoir, rare historical documents, and interviews with more than a dozen of the surviving children, and illustrated with period photographs, archival materials, and memorabilia, 50 Children is a remarkable tale of personal courage and triumphant heroism that offers a fresh, unique insight into a critical period of history.

A Mortuary of Books

Author : Elisabeth Gallas
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980987X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book A Mortuary of Books written by Elisabeth Gallas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book Council The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis’ systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire—a “mortuary of books,” as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it—with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.

The Paradox of German Power

Author : Hans Kundnani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190245506
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of German Power written by Hans Kundnani and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Euro crisis began, Germany has emerged as Europe's dominant power. During the last three years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been compared with Bismarck and even Hitler in the European media. And yet few can deny that Germany today is very different from the stereotype of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. After nearly seventy years of struggling with the Nazi past, Germans think that they more than anyone have learned its lessons. Above all, what the new Germany thinks it stands for is peace. Germany is unique in this combination of economic assertiveness and military abstinence. So what does it mean to have a "German Europe" in the twenty-first century? In The Paradox of German Power, Hans Kundnani explains how Germany got to where it is now and where it might go in future. He explores German national identity and foreign policy through a series of tensions in German thinking and action: between continuity and change, between "normality" and "abnormality," between economics and politics, and between Europe and the world.

The rescue of Jews and the memory of Nazism in Germany

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The rescue of Jews and the memory of Nazism in Germany written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hitler's Gift

Author : Jean Medawar
Publisher : Piatkus Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Gift written by Jean Medawar and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'With material drawn from more than 20 surviving refungee scientists, this is an aweinspiring book.' The Sunday Telegraph'a fascinating account of the thousands of Jewish scientists who left Germany under the Nazis and enriched world science.' New Scientist

The Myth of Rescue

Author : W. D. Rubinstein
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415124553
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Rescue written by W. D. Rubinstein and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author formerly believed more could have been done, but now presents evidence to show democracies could not have more.

The Rescue

Author : George Romero
Publisher : George Romero
ISBN 13 : 1456499629
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue written by George Romero and published by George Romero. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rescue is not a science fiction book, is a book about ancient and modern events." "It took a lot of guts to write this book, and perhaps you could do with even more courage to read it. Probably the intellectual will call it, "nonsense." Since his intellect, do match the freethinking of a non-academic writer. Without a doubt, he will place this book on the Index of books never to mention. Undoubtedly other readers with open arms will accept it, and recognize it as a amazing narrations; and when they come across with the opportunity of discovering that our past can be even more mysterious and full of adventures that the search for our future." As a Philontologist (philosophy and ontology), George Romero will attempt to interpret the mysteries that guide our thoughts to externalize some real issues that are affecting our way of existence in our daily lives, which he call it "The New Law Order." The essence and the key point of this theory, is in-how it happened thousands of years ago when the cosmic gods visited us for the first time... this is another Government coverup? What top secrets are we talking about! It is what the American government is hiding from us! They still are denying the existence and the appearance of the UFOs in our sky. What is the real Rescue of humanity in the years to come?

The Rescue of Germany

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue of Germany written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

50 Children

Author : Steven Pressman
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 : 9780062237484
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book 50 Children written by Steven Pressman and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Ordinary Americans. Fifty Innocent Lives. One Unforgettable Journey. In early 1939, few Americans were thinking about the darkening storm clouds over Europe. Nor did they have much sympathy for the growing number of Jewish families who were increasingly threatened and brutalized by Adolf Hitler's policies in Germany and Austria. But one ordinary American couple decided that something had to be done. Despite overwhelming obstacles—both in Europe and in the United States—Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus made a bold and unprecedented decision to travel into Nazi Germany in an effort to save a group of Jewish children. This is their story.

Rescue Operation for Jewish Children from Nazi Germany. The "Kindertransporte" of 1938-1939

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Author : Bernd Müller-Knospe
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668562083
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Rescue Operation for Jewish Children from Nazi Germany. The "Kindertransporte" of 1938-1939 written by Bernd Müller-Knospe and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2017 in the subject History of Germany - National Socialism, World War II, , language: English, abstract: This paper gives a brief overview about the rescue mission for over 10.000 Jewish children before the World War II started. In April 1933, only a few weeks after the victory of the Nazi party in the general election, a call for a general boycott of Jewish businesses was issued by the Nazis. Members of the SA distributed leaflets and painted yellow Stars of David and anti-Semitic slogans on shop windows: “Germans, defend yourselves, don’t buy from Jews!”. Anti-Jewish legislation with the aim of completely excluding Jews from the economic, social and cultural life in Germany would soon follow. On November 9 in 1938, open violence broke out against the Jewish population in the German Reich. These pogroms which were euphemistically called “night of broken glass”, as if only a few shop windows of Jewish businesses had been broken. The Nazis wanted it to appear as an outbreak of spontaneous anger of German citizens about the murder of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris by Herschel Grynszpan, a young Jewish man on 7 November 1938 but in reality it had been meticulously prepared and organized by the Nazi administration and party organizations. The pogroms lasted for two days, 250 synagogues were burned down as the fire brigades and police stood watching, thousands of Jewish businesses were destroyed, Jewish facilities like hospitals, schools and cemeteries were attacked and devastated, dozens of Jews were killed and thousands were humiliated and injured. After the pogroms thousands of Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps, limitations on the free movement of the Jewish population became more and more severe. Jews were more or less barred from public life, children were expelled from public schools, a system of complete segregation of the entire Jewish population was introduced.