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Carregando... Hitler's holy relics : a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire (2010)de Sidney Kirkpatrick
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Huuhaalta ensi alkuun vaikuttava, mutta ilmeisesti kuitenkin tosiasioihin perustuva kiehtova seikkailu vuoden 1945 kesältä yhdysvaltalaisten ja liittolaisten miehittämässä Saksassa. Jos saksalais-yhdysvaltalaisen taidehistorioitsija-tiedustelu-upseeri Walter Hornin teoriat Hitlerin - ja varsinkin Himmlerin - suunnitelmista sekä Ahnenerben toiminnoista pitävät paikkansa, on kyseessä merkittävä teos, joka tekee Kolmannen valtakunnan hirmuteot tietyssä mielessä ymmärrettävimmäksi, mutta sitäkin mielettömimmiksi. Natsien uskonnollinen puoli jätetään yleensä vähemmälle yleisesityksissä, joten kertomus avaa mielenkiintoisen näkymän sekä natsien mystiseen maailmankatsomukseen että oikeastaan feodalistiseen yhteiskuntajärjestykseen, jossa vahvat miehet tiukkoine, johtajakeskisine, lahkoja muistuttavine järjestöineen puuhailivat mielin määrin mitä halusivat. Kirjailija-elokuvaohjaaja Kirkpatrick vie erinomaisesti tarinaa eteen päin, niin ettei opusta meinaa malttaa jättää käsistä ennen kuin keskiaikaisten kulttiesineiden kohtalo maailmankuuluun oikeudenkäyntiin valmistuvan Nürnbergin kaupungin raunioiden keskellä selviää. Kari Kosken käännöstyökin on varsin onnistunutta - jopa kirjan nimen muuttaminen Hitlerin pyhästä aarteesta sisältöä paremmin kuvaavaksi Natsien pyhäksi aarteeksi. Tarina on kaiken kaikkiaan sen verran "fantastinen", etteivät kirjan valokuvat ja runsaat lähdetiedotkaan meinaa vakuuttaa tarinan aitoudesta. Päähenkilö taidehistorioitsija Walter Horn (1908-1995) näyttää kuitenkin oikeasti olleen oikea kenkilkö. Hän palveli wikipediatietojen mukaan Pattonin miehitysjoukoissa kuten opus kertoo. Ehkä tarina todellakin paljastaa sen, miten Saksalais-roomalaisen keisarikunnan aarteet ovat päätyneet nähtäville Wienin Hofsburgin vitriineihin. Täytynee käydä ensi kerralla katsomassa museo uudelleen, sillä parin vuoden takaiselta käynniltä ei muistijälkiä aarteista ole. Tämän tarinan jälkeen varmasti tulee olemaan! Alkuperäiskielisen painoksen etukannessa tarinan vakuutetaan olevan tosi. If you crossed the Da Vinci Code with real life Nazi conspiracies, you'd get a story like this.A look at the history of the traditions that Hitler and his men claimed to succeed, told through the personal story and investigations of one U.S.-German army lieutenant who was an expert in German art history. “You’ve got to read this!” is the most common phrase in any conversation of which I am a part. Frequently recommended to me are books of which I’m unaware or titles that wouldn’t usually interest me. I tend to read a lot in the SF, mystery, horror and contemporary lit genres, so it always surprises and occasionally delights me when someone tells me I have to read, say, a regency romance. I’ve made it a mission to read some of these recommended books. Sue enjoyed Sidney D. Kirkpatrick’s Hitler’s Holy Relics, and though I don’t read a lot of nonfiction, I did too. The Nazis were notorious plunderers of art and collectors of religious and occult artifacts. Under the direction of Heinrich Himmler, a gigantic vault was constructed beneath Nurnberg castle to house various treasures including the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. Just prior to the invasion of Nurnberg by the Allies in 1945, the jewels vanished from the vault. The central character of this book, Walter Horn, was an Allied interrogator originally charged with extracting information from German POWs. During the course of a routine interview with a German soldier, Horn learned of the vault and the antiquities it contained and filed a report, expecting it to be buried. He was surprised when orders coming directly from Eisenhower tasked him with recovering the jewels. As the story progresses it becomes apparent to Horn that the importance of the Crown Jewels lies not in their value as works of art but rather as symbols which could potentially motivate a postwar Nazi resistance. This book is filled with fascinating stuff, not just about the aftermath of World War 2 but about the Holy Roman Empire as well. Particularly striking to me were the postwar conditions civilians were forced to endure and the deals the Allies had to cut with some very bad people to maintain order. The writing is sometimes dryly academic, but Walter Horn is a sympathetic protagonist and the period of history detailed is often ignored in favor of the more crowd-pleasing focus on individual battles. -Scott
Despite its occasional bursts of sensationalism, "Hitler’s Holy Relics" is a valuable look at the challenges of dealing with art and archæology in Nazi and post-Nazi Germany, as well as at the ways in which governments manipulate the past to spread their messages. Horn’s story is compelling, and told in a clear and readable, if sometimes a little pedestrian, narrative. Distinctions
Had Hitler succeeded in conquering Europe, he would have crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor. The Nazis had in their possession priceless artifacts that would give Hitler legitimacy in his subjects' eyes: the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire including the Spear of Destiny, alleged to have pierced Christ's side at the Crucifixion. Looted from the royal treasury in Vienna, Austria, the Crown Jewels were hidden in a secret bunker deep beneath Nurnberg castle, known to few but Heinrich Himmler, his staff and a captured German soldier whose family lived above it. As luck would have it, the officer in charge of interrogating the soldier was First Lieutenant Walter Horn, art history professor. Following his report to General Patton, Horn would be assigned to recover this ancient treasure. Would he find it before covert Nazi agents could use it to revive the defeated regime? Based on recently discovered and previously unpublished documents and interviews with all remaining living participants, this is a tale that surpasses fiction: part thriller, part detective story, all true. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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A well-written piece on one of the lesser known moments of World War II. ( )