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Bibliography
on the Looting and Protecting of Cultural Heritage
In an effort to make the legacy of the Monuments Men and Women more broadly known, we have listed every non-fiction publication concerning art looting or the protection of monuments during World War II that we have come across in our many years of research.
Included are works in English, German, Italian, French and Polish, and while this is assuredly not a complete list, it is certainly comprehensive. The Foundation has copies of most of these publications, many of which are no longer in print. The list appears in chronological order, beginning with an Italian publication from 1940, to current.
We welcome comments from others providing us with the name and publishing information of any publications not included on this list that should be added. Please send such information to: info @ monumentsmenandwomenfnd.org.
Year | Author | Title | Location: Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
1940 | Marino, Lazzari | L'azione per l'arte | Florence: Le Monnier |
1941 | Reveille, Thomas | The spoil of Europe | New York: Norton |
1942 | Stout, George | Preservation of Paintings in Wartime | Cambridge: William Hayes Fogg Art Museum |
1942 | Seymour, Charles | Yale at War: An American University Accepts the Challenge | Life Magazine |
1942 | Marino, Lazzari | La Protezione del Patrimonio Artistico Nazionale dalle Offese della Guerra Aerea | Florence: Casa Editrice Felice Le Monnier |
1943 | Report on measures taken by agencies of the federal government to protect records, library holdings, museum collections, and works of art against enemy air attack and other hazards of war. | Washington: Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources | |
1944 | Florisoone, Michel | La commission franaise de récuperation artistique (French commission to recover artworks) | Paris: Mouseion |
1944 | Metternich, Franz Wolff | Die Denkmalpflege in Frankreich (The preservation of historic buildings and monuments in France) | Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1944 |
1944 | Field protection of objects of art and archives. War Department Pamphlet No. 31-103 | Washington: War Department | |
1944 | Posner, Ernst | Memorandum concerning the protection and salvage of cultural objects and records in war areas | Washington: American Council of Learned Societies |
1944 | Preservation and use of key records in Germany. War Department Pamphlet No. 31-123 | Washington: War Department | |
1944 | Norris, Christopher | The Museo Filangieri | London: The Burlington Magazine Publications |
1944 | Estreicher, Karola | Cultural Losses of Poland: Index of Polish Cultural Losses during the German Occupation | London |
1944 | Moorehead, Caroline | The lost treasures of Troy | London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
1944 | Mihan, George | Looted Treasure: Germany's Raid on Art | London: Alliance Press Limited |
1944 | War damage to libraries and archives in Europe and the Far East. | Washington: American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies. Committee for the Protection of Cultural Treasures in War Areas | |
1944 | Robinson, Nehemiah | Indemnification and reparations: Jewish aspects. | New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs |
1944 | Archival repositories in Germany. War Department Pamphlet No. 31-180. | Washington: War Department | |
1945 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Italy: Losses and survivals in the war. Vol. 1 South of Bologna | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1945 | Vlug, Jean | Report on Objects Removed from Germany from Holland, Belgium, and France during the German Occupation of the Countries | Amsterdam: Report of Stichting Nederlands Kunstbesit |
1945 | Comnène, Nicholas Petrescu | Firenze “città aperta.” Contributo per la storia dell’occupazione tedesca in Italia | Florence: Vellecchi |
1945 | Rousseau, Theodore | The Goering Collection | Washington: Office of Strategic Service |
1945 | Fasola, Cesare | Le Gallerie di Firenze e la Guerra - The Florence Galleries & the War | Florence: Casa Editrice Monsalvato |
1946 | Hammond, Mason | War and art treasures in Germany | College Art Assoication |
1946 | Foundoukidis, Euripide | The work of the International Museums Office and associated organizations during the period June 1940-January 1945 | Paris: International Museums Office |
1946 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Malta: Losses and survivals in the war | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1946 | Robinson, Nehemiah | Indemnification and reparations | New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs |
1946 | Baard, H.P. | Kunst In Schuilkelders: de odyssee der nationale kunstschatten gedurende de oorlogsjaren 1939-45 | S’Gravenhage: D.A. Daamen |
1946 | La Farge, Henry, ed. | Lost Treasures of Europe (427 Photographs) | New York: Pantheon Books |
1946 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Austria (British Zone of Occupation): Losses and survivals in the war | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1946 | Coremans, Paul B. | La protection scientifique des oeuvres d'art en temps de guerre: l'expérience européenne pendant les années 1939 à 1945. | Brussels: Laboratoire central des musées de Belgique |
1946 | Hancock, Walter | Experiences of a Monuments Officer in Germany | College Art Assoication |
1946 | Davies, Martin and I. Rawlins. | War-time storage in Wales of pictures from the National Gallery, London: the course of events, some technical problems. | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1946 | Les Chefs d'oeuvres des collections privées françaises retrouvée en Allemagne | Paris: Musée de l'Orangerie | |
1946 | Art Looting Investigation Unit: final report | Washington: War Department, Strategic Services Unit | |
1946 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Italy: Losses and survivals in the war. Vol. 2 North of Bologna | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1946 | Plaut, James | Loot for the Master Race | Atlantic Monthly |
1946 | Howe Jr., Thomas Carr | Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of looted European Art | New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company |
1946 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Greece, the Greek Islands, and the Dodacanese: Losses and survivals in the war | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1946 | Eggen, J. B. | "La commission Américaine pour la protection et le sauvetage des monuments d'art et d'histoire dans les zones de guerre (The American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas)". | Paris: Mouseion |
1946 | American Commission | Report of The American Commission for the Protection & Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments '46 | U.S. Government Printing Office |
1946 | Braun, Hugh | Works of art in Malta: losses and survivals in the war | London: HMSO for the British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and Other Material in Enemy Hands |
1946 | Kuhn, Charles L. | German Paintings in the National Gallery: A Protest | College Art Assoication |
1946 | MFA&A (British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, Archives and other Materials in Enemy Hands) | Works of Art in Germany (British Zone of Occupation): losses and survivals in the war. | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1947 | Flanner, Janet | Men and Monuments Monuments: Profiles of Picasso, Matisse, Braque & Malraux. | New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers |
1947 | Woolley, Sir Leonard | Record of the Work done by the Military Authorities for the Protection of the Treasures of Art and History in War Areas | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1947 | Giles, Robert S | Archival and library restitution in the United States Zone of Germany: a preliminary study. | Washington: American School of Social Sciences |
1947 | Jenkinson, Hilary and H. E. Bell | Italian archives during the war and its close | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1947 | Woolley, Sir Leonard | The Protection of the Treasures of Art and History in War Areas | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1947 | Flanner, Janet | Beautiful Spoils, III – Monuments Men [article] | The New Yorker, pp. 38-55 |
1947 | Lavagnino, Emilio | Cinquanta Monumenti Italiani Danneggiati dalla Guerra | Rome: Associazione Nazionale Per Il Restauro |
1947 | Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre, 1939-1945... List of property removed from France during the war 1939-1945 | Berlin: Impr. Nationale | |
1947 | Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality | Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression: Opinion and Judgment [chapter: The Plunder of Art Treasures] | U.S. Government Printing Office |
1947 | British Committee for Preservation & Restitution of Works of Art & Other Materials | Italian Archives During the War and at its Close | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
1947 | Linklater, Eric | Art of Adventure | London: McMillan |
1947 | Cassou, Jean | Pillage par les Allemands des Oeuvres d'Art et des Bibliothéques appartenant à des Juifs en France | Paris: Editions du Centre |
1947 | Flanner, Janet | Beautiful Spoils, II – Collector with Luftwaffe [article] | The New Yorker, pp. 33-49 |
1947 Feb. | Flanner, Janet | Beautiful Spoils, I – A.H., Linz [article] | The New Yorker, pp. 31-48 |
1948 | Skilton, Jr., John D. | Memoirs of a Monuments Officer : Protecting European Artworks | Oregon: Inkwater Press |
1948 | Congress. Senate | Committee on Armed Services. Temporary retention in the U.S. of certain German paintings. | Washington: Government Printing Office |
1948 | Bianchi Bandinelli, Ranuccio | Dal diario di un borghese | Milan: Mondadori |
1948 | Molajoli, Bruno | Musei Ed Opere D'Arte Di Napoli - Attraverso la Guerra | Naples: Soprintendenza Alle Gallerie |
1948 | Skilton, Jr., John D. | Defense de l'Art Européen: souvenirs d'un officier americain specialiste des monuments | Paris: Les Editions Internationales |
1949 | Post-war foreign policy preparation, 1939-1945. General Foreign Policy Series 15. | Washington: State Department | |
1949 | Breitenbach, Edgar | Historical survey of the Intelligence Department, MFAA Section, in OMGB, 1946-1949 | |
1949 | De Visscher, Charles | International protection of works of art and historic monuments. International Information and Cultural Series 8 | Washington: State Departments |
1949 | Hartt, Frederick | Florentine Art Under Fire | New Jersey: Princeton University Press |
1950 | Siviero, Rodolfo | Arte e Nazismo: esodo e ritorno delle opera d'arte italiano 1938-1963 | Florence: Cantini |
1950 | Tomkiewicz, Wladyslaw | Catalogue of paintings moved from Poland by the German occupation authorities during the years 1939-1945. I. Foreign Paintings. |