Allied Looting in World War II: Thefts of Art, Manuscripts, Stamps and Jewelry in Europe
Kenneth D. Alford
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0786460539
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Looting has long been recognized as one of the crimes committed by the Third Reich during World War II, a crime which stripped economic wealth and artistic treasures from the populations the Nazis terrorized. This historical text reveals the shocking extent of looting by Allied forces, exploring their thievery against the Germans and others. It follows the journey of the Hungarian Crown Treasure from a muddy oil drum in Austria to Fort Knox and back to Hungary, and discusses numerous lost treasures ranging from priceless art works to rare manuscripts, including the earliest known printing by the Gutenberg press.
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the homesteader could have the acreage free. Martin met his wife in Estancia; her family had settled there from Carthage, Missouri. Previously Florence had attended the University of Chicago.1 Donovan was the oldest of three brothers, the middle brother, Cedric Hale, was born in 1918 and Albert, the youngest, was born a year later. The family struggled to make a living by dry farming pinto beans, carting ties for the new railroad, working in construction and operating the first telephone system in
up the long bridge covering a marsh and the Mulde River. Martin Conner and his buddy Fran Dionne were ordered to look under the bridge for explosives but not to cross the bridge, as anyone on the other side would be German. As Conner was looking for explosives, some of the men in the 273rd began to run over the bridge; Conner yelled at them to stop. The advancing soldiers told Conner that army intelligence had changed the order and they had to cross and hold the bridge before the Germans returned
had initially suggested. Senter conversed with the Mengers in German, much of which O’Brien did not understand, but apparently Senter asked Menger to “play along with the game.” Menger indicated he had some paintings other than those on the walls. Senter asked to see one of them, whereupon Menger went to another room and returned with a large framed oil painting on wood. This was soon recognized as Cranach’s The Blessing of Christ, one of the pictures being sought. Both Senter and O’Brien kept
In 1942 he was sent by the AP to London as a war correspondent. For two years he covered the Allied air campaign against Germany alongside his arch competitor Walter Cronkite, who was then with the United Press. Tall, handsome, a natty dresser and possessed of a deep, resonant voice, Hill stood out even in the august company of the journalists gathered in Germany. But it was his aggressive reporting that attracted the most notice. He became the first reporter to fly aboard an American bomber on a
of souvenirs. He did indeed “splurge” in this purchase. Shortly afterwards, Murphy was reassigned to Frankfurt; he was granted 15 days’ leave and visited Nice and Cannes. On his return to Frankfurt, he discovered that because of credits for his overseas service in Australia and India, he was eligible for 30 days of rest and recuperation in the United States. Because his orders called for his return to Europe, he carried only two large travel bags, known then as B-4 bags. One of these contained
