The Arthur Goldschmidt File in the Archive of the Direction de la Sûreté: French Police Archives Shed Light on Paul Graupe & Cie (Paris, 1937–1939)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents xv
5. German-speaking Artists in Parisian Exile: Their Routes to the French Capital, Activities There, and Final Flight – a Short Introduction 1
6. Plunder, Restitution, Emotion and the Weight of Archives: A Historical Approach 27
7. “Trophy” Archives in Moscow and the Art Scene in France and Germany under the National Socialist Regime, 1933–1945: A Brief Orientation 45
8. Lifting the Veil on Moscow’s Secret Archives 67
9. The Arthur Goldschmidt File in the Archive of the Direction de la Sûreté: French Police Archives Shed Light on Paul Graupe & Cie (Paris, 1937–1939) 75
10. “… not my most beautiful but my best paintings …”:1 Oskar Kokoschka’s list for London 85
11. The Art Historian Charlotte Weidler: a Lost Voice Speaks from the Moscow Special Archive 105
12. THE PAUL CASSIRER GALLERY (1933–1945): Berlin – Amsterdam – London 123
13. August Liebmann Mayer (1885–1944) – Success, Failure, Emigration, Deportation and Murder 139
14. Picture Credits 161
15. Authors 163
16. Index 167
17. Plates 173