Farmer, Walter I.

The Safekeepers : A Memoir of the Arts of the End of World War II. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages) - Schriften Zum Kulturgüterschutz / Cultural Property Studies . - Schriften Zum Kulturgüterschutz / Cultural Property Studies .

Intro -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter one: My Castle -- Chapter two: Honest Duty -- Chapter three: Museum Man -- Beginning in Wiesbaden -- The Regierungsbezirk -- Assistance to Artists -- Ready! -- 20-Aug-45 -- Chapter four: Westward Ho, Watteau! -- Chapter five: Fine Arts and Archives -- Chapter six: The Search for Missing Treasures -- Walter Ings Farmer, Time Line -- Map -- Appendix I -- The Roberts Commission -- Appendix II -- II a Wiesbaden Manifesto November 7, 1945 -- II b Wiesbaden Collecting Point: List of Contents 1946 -- II.c Receipt of Custody: List of German-Owned Works of Art (The "202") -- II d List of Paintings from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum: The "202" -- Appendix III -- III a Miscellaneous Papers -- III b Nefertiti -- Appendix IV -- The Obligations of Victory: Walter Farmer and the Wiesbaden Manifesto -- Appendix V -- Photo Documentation -- Index.

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9783110893502


Staatliche Museen zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Art and the war.
Art treasures in war--Germany.


Electronic books.

N9165.G3 F376 2000