Transcript of Hitler's orders to the Rosenberg Taskforce to seize cultural goods of value, translated from German to English
Object Details
- Subject
- Hitler, Adolf
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Memorandum : 1 p. : typescript ; 27 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Orders authorizing Alfred Rosenberg and his Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce to "search libraries, archives, lodges and other philosophical and cultural institutions of all kinds for appropriate material and to seize such material."
Separate dates given on each of the two pages; page 1, 1940 September 17; page 2, 1942 September 30. - Citation
- Transcript of Hitler's orders to the Rosenberg Taskforce to seize cultural goods of value, translated from German to English, 1940 and 1942. James J. Rorimer papers, 1921-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1940 and 1942
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)16193
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- James J. Rorimer papers, 1921-1982, bulk 1943-1950
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_16193
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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