The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art (Q51950460)
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article in The Atlantic Monthly
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art |
article in The Atlantic Monthly |
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The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art (English)
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Sophie Gilbert
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In Switzerland alone, Susan Ronald recounts, the four favored art dealers used by the Third Reich—Ferdinand Möller, Bernhard Bohmer, Karl Buchholz, and Hildebrand Gurlitt—sold some 8,700 objects between 1937 and 1941. Curt Valentin, a half-Jewish refugee from Germany who operated the Karl Buchholz Gallery in New York and who died in 1954, has long been considered the conduit for a number of looted artworks that found their way to the U.S. (English)