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Goering chief predator on Arte

2021-03-21T11:25:30.690Z


The study of his catalog of works of art stolen from the Jews sheds light on the taste of a megalomaniac who wanted to be a Renaissance man. On arte.fr from Sunday.


At first glance, were it not for the sütterlin, this German writing inherited from the Gothic, one would think the register of a meticulous grocer.

But by turning the 268 pages of this catalog, an endlessly amended list of outstanding works, we quickly see the monstrosity of the one who was the first owner.

Here is before our eyes, neatly arranged between the margins, in columns that seem to never end, the crazy magnitude (and also the banality) of the seizures of art made for the personal account of Hermann Goering (1893-1946).

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In the photographs and in the films brought together by Laurence Thiriat, the number two of the Third Reich looks good despite his morphine addiction and obesity.

Moreover, the immaculate uniform of a marshal and the thunderous laughter of the winner hardly mask a voracity superior even to that of Hitler in the field.

From 1933 in Germany and soon throughout Europe, Goering cast his net of corrupt touts.

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Source: lefigaro

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