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Hitler's holy relics : a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire / Sidney D. Kirkpatrick.

Title
Hitler's holy relics : a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire / Sidney D. Kirkpatrick.
Author
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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Description
x, 316 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Summary
Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich.
Subject
  • Horn, Walter, 1908-1995
  • Allied Forces. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section > History
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1938-1945
  • Crown jewels > Austria > History > 20th century
  • Art thefts > Germany > History > 20th century
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Confiscations and contributions > Germany
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Europe
  • Art treasures in war > Europe > History > 20th century
  • Cultural property > History > Europe > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Art and the war
  • Art
  • History
  • Art and the war.
Note
  • On t.p., "o" in "holy" appears as swastika symbol.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Blacksmith's alley -- Monuments men -- Camp Ritchie boys -- Invasion of Nürnburg -- Thor's hammer -- Pandora's box -- Spear of destiny -- Himmler's scholars -- The Aryan Jesus -- Hitler's fairy-tale kingdom -- Teutonic knights -- The enemy at the gates -- Chain of command -- Himmler's courier -- Keys to the vault -- Hitler's holy reich -- Externsteine -- Black Camelot -- The White House -- Nazi plunder -- Camp king -- The crown jewels -- The Faustian bargain -- The Fourth Reich -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9781416590620 (hbk.)
  • 1416590625 (hbk.)
  • 9781416597803 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1416597808 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2009052301
OCLC
  • 419812915
  • SCSB-12633230
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library