Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art by Loebl, Suzanne

Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art

Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal...
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Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art by Loebl, Suzanne

Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art

$44.75

Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art

$44.75
Author: Suzanne Loebl
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless Nazi attack on modern art and the art world's subsequent repositioning in America.
Each chapter focuses on a selection of artworks, the individuals who owned or acquired them, and those who decided their fate. Since the book spotlights Hitler's crusade against "degenerate" art, readers will encounter many Expressionist works, but they will also find old masters stolen by the Nazis and later restituted.
The author has also added a personal element to the text, incorporating autobiographical anecdotes on relatives' special relationships to art, their voyage from Germany to America, and the fate of their collections.
Following the main text, two appendices offer a listing of 100 Nazi-stolen artworks currently housed in U.S. museums and capsule biographies of people discussed in the book.



Author: Suzanne Loebl,Abigail Wilentz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 10/16/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 10.17h x 7.32w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781538194225


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2025

About the Author

Suzanne Loebl is the author of fourteen books, most recently America's Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy. She was born into an art-collecting family in Germany and escaped the Nazis as a teenager by hiding in Belgium. Her other books include America's Art Museums: A Traveler's Guide to Great Collections Large and Small and a memoir on her experience during World War II, At the Mercy of Strangers: Growing Up on the Edge of the Holocaust. In 2012, Loebl received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She splits her time between New York and Maine.

Abigail Wilentz has developed books on art, design, photography, fashion, lifestyle, and other topics as an editor at Universe Publishing, a division of Rizzoli International Publications, at Watson-Guptill Publications, and independently with agents and authors. She has written several books commissioned by publishers and directed a custom publishing line for the luxury fashion brand Brioni. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.

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