Echoes of Exile: Moscow Archives and the Arts in Paris 1933-1945

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Paris - Moskau: German-speaking artists and their archives in exile Thousands of people were driven into exile by Germany's National Socialist regime from 1933 onward. For many German-speaking artists and writers Paris became a temporary capital. The archives of these exiles became "displaced objects" - scattered, stolen, confiscated, and often destroyed, but also frequently preserved. This book assesses previously unknown source material stored at the Moscow State Military Archive (RVGA) since the end of the war, and offers new insights into the activities of German-speaking exiles in the 1930s in Paris and Europe. Against the backdrop of current debates surrounding displaced cultural goods and their restitution, this work seeks to facilitate a transnational, interdisciplinary scientific dialogue. Examines previously unknown sources related to artists, art historians, art dealers and art critics living in exile. Offers new insights into the activities of German-speaking exiles in the 1930s in Paris. German-speaking Artists in Parisian Exile: Their Routes to the French Capital, Activities There, and Final Flight – a Short Introduction Plunder, Restitution, Emotion and the Weight of Archives: A Historical Approach “Trophy” Archives in Moscow and the Art Scene in France and Germany under the National Socialist Regime, 1933–1945: A Brief Orientation Lifting the Veil on Moscow’s Secret Archives 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) “… not my most beautiful but my best paintings …”: Oskar Kokoschka’s List for London The Art Historian Charlotte Weidler: a Lost Voice Speaks from the Moscow Special Archive The Paul Cassirer Gallery (1933–1945): Berlin – Amsterdam – London August Liebmann Mayer (1885–1944) – Success, Failure, Emigration, Deportation and Murder Picture Credits Authors Index Tables