Contains a collection of essays and photographs that examine the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003, attempting to reconstruct, in words and pictures, one of the world's largest and most important collections of rare and meaningful artifacts.
Examines the mass destruction and indiscriminate killings that took place across Europe during World War I by German occupying troops, and the total warfare that was often directed to the civilian population.
A collection of black-and-white photographs that record the aftermath of World War II, taken by Swiss photographer Werner Bischof during a journey throughout Germany, France, Hungary, Holland, Greece, and Italy, which began in the summer of 1945.
a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire
Kirkpatrick, Sidney
2010
Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth, and equally unholy, Reich.
Examines the economic workings of the Third Reich, revealing how Adolf Hitler won the allegiance of Germans for his program of mass murder and military conquest by stealing money from them and using those funds to support generous social programs that earned their approval and consent.
Manhattan lawyer Mara Coyne is drawn into a case involving a lost masterpiece about to be auctioned at the Beazley's auction house and Hilda Baum, the daughter of a Dutch collector who lost his life and paintings to the Nazis in 1943.
Discusses the role of Swiss banks in the financing of German efforts during World War II, arguing that Swiss banks laundered money taken from Holocaust victims and provided loans and ammunition to German forces.
Discusses the Soviet Union's involvement in World War II, from their non-aggression pact with Germany to their subsequent invasion and eventual defeat, highlighting the hardships endured by the Soviet people during the war years.
