This issue examines the legacy of Nazi-looted art in light of the 2012 discovery of the famous Hildebrand Gurlitt collection of stolen artwork in Germany. When the German government declassified the case almost two years later, the resulting scandal raised fundamental questions …
Joachim Vernau ist ganz oben in der Berliner Gesellschaft angekommen. Er steht kurz davor, in die wohlhabende und einflussreiche Familie der von Zernikows einzuheiraten, nicht ahnend, dass ihre Ehrbarkeit nicht viel mehr als Fassade ist. Als eine ukrainische Frau auftaucht und b…
Kunstraub auf Nordfriesisch Kunststudent Harry Oldenburg will endlich etwas gegen die chronische Ebbe in seiner Kasse unternehmen und klaut vier Gemälde von Emil Nolde aus dem Museum in Seebüll. Mit der Beute in der Plastiktüte fl üchtet er nach Amrum, um dort erst mal unterzuta…
Im Reich des Goldenen Drachen hoch in den Bergen des Himalaja wurde das Wertvollste geraubt, was das friedliebende kleine Land besitzt: die goldene Drachenstatue. Ein neues spannendes Abenteuer für Alex und Nadia beginnt.
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, …
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, …
"Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embo…
"Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, Cultural Property and Contested Ownership explores how highly-valued cultural goods are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests. Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and traf…
'Prohibiting Plunder' traces and explains the emergence of international rules against wartime looting of cultural treasures, and explores how anti-plunder norms have developed over the past 200 years. The book covers highly topical events including the looting of thousands of a…
