The orpheus clock : the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis

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The orpheus clock : the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis
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the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis
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Simon Goodman
Title variation
Search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis
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eng
Summary
The author's grandparents came from German-Jewish banking dynasties, and perished in concentration camps. That is almost all he knew about them, his father rarely spoke of their family history or heritage. But when he passed away and Simon received his father's old papers, a story began to emerge. The Gutmanns rose from a small Bohemian hamlet to become one of Germany's most powerful banking families. They also amassed a magnificent, world-class art collection that included works by Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Guardi, and many others. But the Nazi regime snatched from them everything they had worked to build: their remarkable art, their immense wealth, their prominent social standing and their very lives. Simon grew up in London with little knowledge of his father's efforts to recover their family's prized possession. It was only after his father's death that Simon began to piece together the clues about the Gutmanns' stolen legacy and the Jazi looting machine. Through painstaking detective work across two continents, Simon has been able to prove that many works belonged to his family and to successfully secure their return. This book reveals a rich family history almost obliterated by the Nazis. It is not only the account of a twenty-year long detective hunt for family treasure, but an unforgettable tale of redemption and restoration
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
ANL
Dewey number
940.531
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • facsimiles
  • genealogical tables
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography

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