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The legendary names include Rothschild, Mendelssohn, Bloch-Bauerdistinguished bankers, industrialists, diplomats, and art collectors. Their diverse taste ranged from manuscripts and musical instruments to paintings by Old Masters and the avant-garde. But their stigma as Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe doomed them to exile or death in Hitlers concentration camps. Here, after years of meticulous research, Melissa Mller ( Anne The Biography ) and Monika Tatzkow ( Nazi Looted Art ) present the tragic, compelling stories of 15 Jewish collectors, the dispersal of their extraordinary collections through forced sale and/or confiscation, and the ongoing efforts of their heirs to recover their inheritance. For every victory in the effort to return these works to their rightful heirs, there are daunting defeats and long court battles. This real-life legal thriller follows works by Rembrandt, Klimt, Pissarro, Kandinsky, and others. Praise for Lost Lives, Lost <!--StartFragment--> A heartbreaking and enthralling story of the brutal and mindless Nazi destruction of a singularly cultivated caste of rich German and Austrian Jews and the pillage of their great art a world that was lost and

Author

Melissa Müller, Monika Tatzkow; with contributions from Thomas Blubacher and Gunnar Schnabel : foreword by Ronald S. Lauder

Publisher

Frontline Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848325777

Subjects

History, Art, Arts

Rating

4.1 / 5 (80 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14