{"product_id":"9781538197929","title":"Rembrandt and the Nazis How the Nazis Sought to Turn the Dutch Old Master into a Germanic Genius and Their Rabid Hunt for His Work","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRembrandt and the Nazis\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow the Nazis Sought to Turn the Dutch Old Master into a Germanic Genius and Their Rabid Hunt for His Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEelke Muller | Eric Jorink\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ European\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the persecution and murder of Jewish people in Germany and occupied Europe, the Nazis stole countless artworks in what remains one of the largest art thefts in history. That the Nazis stole art is no secret; however, we know little about Hitler and Göring's particular obsession with turning Rembrandt from a Dutch Old Master into a German one. In occupied Europe, the Nazi party used the cult of Rembrandt as a political means of establishing and uniting a Germanic brotherhood – and as a justification for seizing the works of Old Masters at all costs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRembrandt and the Nazis\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive book to address the Nazis' fixation with Rembrandt and will enthrall readers interested in the painter, the Old Masters, the Second World War, Judaism, cultural history, and cultural appropriation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To evoke life under the Nazis, Muller and Jorink revisit numerous sites, including Berlin; Linz; the Führerbau ('the Führer's Building') in Munich, one of few Nazi-associated buildings left standing today; and the salt mines of Altaussee, where many stolen artworks were eventually recovered by the U.S. Army's 'Monuments Men'. The authors combine intimate insight into Nazi ideology with compact family histories detailing the pressures, moral dilemmas, and fates of the legal owners, which are both poignant and painful. They illustrate how the figure of Rembrandt represented different things to different people – from a must-have for the Nazis, to the embodiment of Judaism for Jewish art connoisseurs fleeing Germany, to an occasional life-saving bartering chip for Dutch families. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRembrandt and the Nazis \u003c\/i\u003eis for readers of Edmund de Waal's \u003ci\u003eHare with the Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, James McAuley's \u003ci\u003eThe House of Fragile Things,\u003c\/i\u003e Robert Edsel's \u003ci\u003eMonuments Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Melissa Müller's \u003ci\u003eLost Lives, Lost Art\u003c\/i\u003e and similar titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEelke Muller\u003c\/b\u003e, MFA, studied Literary Theory and History at the University of Groningen. Currently, she works at the Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD) and conducts research for the Dutch Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Restitution Applications for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War. Recently, she co-authored the study \u003ci\u003eThe Looting and Return of Dutch Cultural Property During and After World War II \u003c\/i\u003e(Waanders, 2023) and wrote \u003ci\u003eTracking Down the Provenance of Old Masters\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Jorink\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, studied History and Philosophy at the University of Groningen and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Prior to this, he was the Andrew W. Mellon professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. He currently holds the Teylers Chair at the University of Leiden and works as a researcher at the Huygens Institute. Jorink has published numerous books and articles including \u003ci\u003eReading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575-1715\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2010); \u003ci\u003eArt and Science in the Early Modern Low Countries\u003c\/i\u003e (W-Books 2011); \u003ci\u003eNewton and the Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e (Leiden University Press 2012); and \u003ci\u003eCrawly Creatures \u003c\/i\u003e(exhibition catalogue Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 February 2028\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781538197929\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965831774348,"sku":"9781538197929","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781538197929","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}