The Orpheus Clock : the search for my family's art treasures stolen by the Nazis / Simon Goodman.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Simon, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Perkins, Derek, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gutmann family.

Jewish bankers--Germany--Biography.

Jewish bankers.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Gutmann family--Art collections.

Goodman family--Art collections.

Goodman family.

Art thefts--Germany--History--20th century.

Art thefts.

Art thefts--Investigation.

World War, 1939-1945--Reparations.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Biographies.

Audiobooks

Physical Description:

9 audio discs (11 hr., 5 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Place of Publication:

Holland, Ohio : Dreamscape Media, LLC, [2015]

System Details:

digital optical

audio file CD audio

Summary:

The true story of one man's single-minded quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family. Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German-Jewish banking dynasties and perished in concentration camps. His father rarely spoke of their family history or heritage. But when he passed away, and Simon received his father's old papers, a story began to emerge. The Gutmanns, as they were known then, rose from a small Bohemian hamlet to become one of Germany's most powerful banking families. They also amassed a magnificent, world-class art collection that included works by Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Guardi, and many, many others. But the Nazi regime snatched from them everything they had worked to build-- their remarkable art, their immense wealth, their prominent social standing, and their very lives. With the help of his family, Simon initiated the first Nazi looting case to be settled in the United States.

Participant:

Read by Derek Perkins.

Notes:

Compact discs.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781681415055

1681415054

OCLC:

910859470

Publisher Number:

9781681415055