Crimes Against Cultural Heritage: the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and the Nuremberg Trial
The purpose of the research is analyse the role and significance of documents of the Special Command Force of Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), considered at the Nuremberg Trial as sources for its activities in the occupied European countries in the field of conf...
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| Дата: | 2020 |
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| Мова: | English |
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Інститут історії України НАН України
2020
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| Назва видання: | Український історичний журнал |
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| Онлайн доступ: | http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/179727 |
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| Назва журналу: | Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Цитувати: | Crimes Against Cultural Heritage: the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and the Nuremberg Trial / N. Kashevarova // Український історичний журнал. — 2020. — Число 1. — С. 143-154. — Бібліогр.: 14 назв. — англ. |
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Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine| Резюме: | The purpose of the research is analyse the role and significance of documents
of the Special Command Force of Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg (Einsatzstab
Reichsleiter Rosenberg), considered at the Nuremberg Trial as sources for its activities
in the occupied European countries in the field of confiscation and transfer of cultural
property (art, other museum collections, libraries and archival collections). The
methodology of the research is based on the principles of historicism, scientificity
and comprehensiveness. The following general historical methods were used: historical-
comparative, retrospective, methods of the historiographic and source study
analyses. The scientific novelty. The location of the ERR documents in the general
body of documentary evidence, involved by the prosecution as a source of coverage of
Nazi looting of cultural property in the territories, occupied by Nazi Germany during
World War II, as well as the problems and prospects of further cultural issues, values
and archival search, are described. Conclusions. Particular attention was paid to
documents relating to crimes against culture, since in the course of preparation for
the trial they were referred to as crimes related to property loss. But cultural crimes
mean not only the destruction, damage, or displacement of cultural objects, but also
the spiritual heritage of the occupied countries. Reports, correspondence of the ERR
itself, as well as the materials of interrogations of witnesses of this looting activity are
briefly covered, among which were both employees of the ERR and various Nazi state
and military figures engaged in the looting of cultural property in the occupied countries.
The documents of the Special Command Force of Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg
were involved in a small number of cases, mainly by Western Allies and the Soviet
side’s allegations of cultural property losses were based first on aggregate data on
from the acts of the Extraordinary State Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating
Crimes Perpetrated by the German-Fascist Invaders and their Accomplices.
For example, the consequences of the operations of the Special Command Force of Reichsleiter
Alfred Rosenber were attributed to the loss of cultural property to which it
was not involved. It was found also that the role of other Nazi structures and organizations
involved in the looting of cultural property was presented slightly during the
process. The problems and prospects for further research on the issue of displaced and
lost cultural property and archival search were also highlighted, especially the search
for new documents in the archives of other Nazi organizations of the World War II. |
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