Bloodlines

Recovering Hitler's Nuremberg Laws from Patton's Trophy to Public Memorial

AvAnthony M. Platt,Cecilia Elizabeth O'Leary

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

At the end of World War II, an American military intelligence team retrieved an original copy of the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, signed by Hitler, and turned over this rare document to General George S. Patton. In 1999, after fifty-five years in the vault of the Huntington Library in southern California, the Nuremberg Laws resurfaced and were put on public display for the first time at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. In this far-ranging, interdisciplinary study that is part historical analysis, part cultural critique, part detective story, and part memoir, Tony Platt explores a range of interrelated issues: war-time looting, remembrance of the holocaust, German and American eugenics, and the public responsibilities of museums and cultural centers. This book is based on original research by the author and co-researcher, historian Cecilia O'Leary, in government, military, and library archives; interviews and oral histories; and participant observation. It is both a detailed, scholarly analysis and a record of the author's activist efforts to correct the historical record.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9781594511400

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Andra världskriget inom Historia och arkeologi
Förintelsen inom Historia och arkeologi

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Authored by Platt, Anthony M.; O'Leary, Cecilia Elizabeth

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“Bloodlines is a masterful work of non-fiction that has plots and subplots, brilliant detective work, and serious learning. Everything is examined with scholarly precision, everything is told insightfully, boldly, truthfully. The result is intellectual history at its best—and like so many who start off on a journey of discovery, Platt learns that the external journey is also a journey within.” —Michael Berenbaum, Former Director of the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Research Institute and Former President of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. “Bloodlines explodes the Patton myth.” —Joe Eskenazi, “How Gen. Patton Stole a Piece of Jewish History as his Prize,” J, the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, April 21, 2006. “Hollywood couldn’t craft a more intriguing story, which is just as well. History is stranger than fiction.” —Matthew Craggs, review of Bloodlines, Sacramento News and Review, April 27, 2006. “Tony Platt’s pursuit of the notorious Nuremberg documents of the Nazi regime is a fascinating excursion into history. It is also full of provocative insights about the culture of remembering.” —Howard Zinn

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Origins Stories; Chapter 2 Present Absences; Chapter 3 Tall Like Germans; Chapter 4 Human Betterment; Chapter 5 Blood and Honor; Chapter 6 Hitler's Signature; Chapter 7 Patton's Trophy; Chapter 8 Outpost of Civilization; Chapter 9 White Man's Burden; Chapter 10 Loot; Chapter 11 In Limbo; Chapter 12 History Lessons; Chapter 13 Past and Present;