The Goering Catalog
For more than a decade, the number two leader of the Third Reich amassed a collection of more than 5,000 art works, all meticulously detailed in a catalog. But how did Hermann Goering get his hands on these works? Why did he plunder collections, mainly those belonging to Jewish families who fell victim to the Holocaust?
For more than a decade, the number two leader of the Third Reich amassed a collection of more than 5,000 art works, all meticulously detailed in a catalog. But how did Hermann Goering get his hands on these works? Why did he plunder collections, mainly those belonging to Jewish families who fell victim to the Holocaust?
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