Robbery and rescue: Russian museums during the Second World War

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Robbery and rescue: Russian museums during the Second World War

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While it brought millions of casualties, World War II was also a cultural disaster: many museums were looted, churches destroyed, and works of art and libraries were destroyed by fire or taken away as “trophies.” The book, prepared by a Russian-German team of authors, talks about the fate of Russian cultural values ​​lost in those years. The study focuses on the “military history” of several museum complexes: suburban palaces near St. Petersburg - Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Pavlovsk, Gatchina and the ancient Russian cities of Novgorod and Pskov. What measures were taken to protect and save museum collections? How and by whom were they plundered? What routes did stolen works of art take to the West? Who tried to save them under bombing, during occupation and evacuation? The authors look for answers to these questions where the stories of museums are intertwined with the stories of people - those who saved museum valuables and those who looted them. This is a story that is not over yet...

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Publication language: Russian