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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | D810.A7 K57 2010 | Off-site |
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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