Alford describes how a small portion American soldiers occupying recaptured Paris at the end of the World War II moved into the underworld of black marketeering often involving robbery, rape, prostitu
Alford, an expert on Nazi art looting, offers a history of the methods used by the Third Reich to strip the occupied European countries of their artistic heritage during WWII. Focus is on the Hermann
Looting has long been recognized as one of the crimes committed by the Third Reich during World War II, a crime which stripped economic wealth and artistic treasures from the populations the Nazis ter
World War II was the most devastating conflict in human history, but the tragedy did not end on the battlefields. During the war, Germany--and, later, the Allies--plundered Europe's historic treasures
In this book, author Kenneth D. Alford presents readers with an account of the closing days of World War II and the redistribution of more than three hundred fifty tons of Nazi gold taken into custody
A Bible, an officer's mess kit, a cane arm chair and a blood-stained note... at first glance, these items might not seem to have much in common. But on closer examination they prove to be some of the
Alford, Johnson, and Morris present readers with an account of the discovery and subsequent plundering of the paintings, precious jewels, and other art objects amassed by Reichsmarschall Hermann Gorin
