num_pages: 278
description: Between 1939 &amp; 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 &amp; gallery owners in France who were stripped of rare works by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, Cézanne &amp; Picasso. Before they were through, the Nazis had taken more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures &amp; drawings from France. The Lost Museum explores the Nazis’ systematic confiscation of these artworks, focusing on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill &amp; Schloss. The book is filled with private family photos of this art, some of which has never before been seen by the public, &amp; it traces the fate of these works as they passed thru the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers &amp; unwitting auction houses such as Christie’s &amp; Sotheby’s.
language: English
title: The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
titlecomplete: The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
genres: Art History, Nonfiction, Museums, Research, Art, 20th Century, Crime, History, World War II
ratings_count: 305
publisher: Basic Books (NYC)