Spoils of War

by Elizabeth Simpson

Book Overview

Explores the ongoing debate over the vast amounts of cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Not only paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, but also archaeological artefacts, rare books and manuscripts, musical instruments and scores, religious objects and memorabilia of every description were seized by the Nazis, taken by individuals, or removed to the USSR by the Soviet army by the end of the war.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810944693
• ISBN13: 9780810944695
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary