U.S. restitution of Nazi-looted cultural treasures to the USSR, 1945-1959
Subtitle: facsimile documents from the National Archives of the United States
By: compiled with an introduction by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted.
Contributors: United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
Publisher: National Archives and Records Administration
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions.; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Soviet Union.
Other titles: Documenting U.S. cultural restitution to the USSR, 1945-1959.
Description: A compilation of documents establishing the transfer of art works, archives, and other cultural artifacts seized by the Nazis during World War II and returned by the United States to the Soviet Union in the years 1945-1959. Also included are black and white photographs and a discussion of the issues of American restitution of cultural artifacts and the demands of other European countries for the restitution of cultural artifacts from the Russian Federation which had been held by the Soviet Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Title from title screen.
"Prepared in collaboration with the National Archives of the United States"--Introductory screen.
Shipping list no.: 2002-0014-E.
System requirements: Windows: Pentium class processor; Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2.0, Windows 98, 2nd ed., Windows millenium ed., Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 5 or 6 (service pack 6 recommended), or Windows 2000; 16 MB of RAM (32 recommended); 15 MB of available hard-disk space; Macintosh: PowerPC processor; Mac OS software version 8.6, 9.0.4, 9.1, or OS X; 64 MB of RAM; 24 MB of available hard-disk space.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Michael J. Kurtz; title: Documenting U.S. cultural restitution to the USSR, 1945-1959 / Patricial Kennedy Grimsted; title: Facsimile documents; title: Nineteen U.S. restitution transfers to the USSR; title: Related documents.