Jonathan Petropoulos

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Jonathan Petropoulos (born January 10, 1961) is an American historian who writes about

Loyola College in Maryland.[2]

Biography

From 1998 to 2000, Petropoulos served as Research Director for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets, chaired by

Pissarro), Kann v. Wildenstein (medieval manuscripts), and Rosner et al. v. U.S.A. (the Hungarian Gold Train case).[2]

Petropoulos was featured in The Rape of Europa, a 2006 documentary on Nazi art looting.[5] He is the author of four books: Art as Politics in the Third Reich (1996),[6] The Faustian Bargain (2000),[7] Royals and the Reich (2006)[8] and Artists Under Hitler: Collaboration and Survival in Nazi Germany (2014). With John Roth, he is the co-editor of Gray Zones: Ambiguity and Compromise in the Holocaust and Aftermath (2005).[9]

In April 2008, Petropoulos resigned his position as director of Claremont McKenna College's Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights amidst controversy over the failed restitution of a

Gottfried Bermann Fischer later in 2007 by a Liechtenstein court,[13] and ultimately auctioned by Christie's in New York for $1,850,000 ($2,154,000 with premium) on November 3, 2009.[14][15]

Following a review, a March 2008 Claremont McKenna College statement said the professor "adhered to applicable contractual and legal obligations" in attempting to arrange return of the painting.[1]

Books

  • Goering's Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World. ISBN 9780300251920
  • Artists Under Hitler: Collaboration and Survival in Nazi Germany.
  • The Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany.
  • Art as Politics in the Third Reich.
  • Royals and the Reich. Von Hessen Nazi: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Boehm, Mike (2008-04-15). "Prof ensnared in case of Pissarro looted by Nazis". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  2. ^ a b "Jonathan Petropoulos curriculum vitae" (PDF). Claremont McKenna College. June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 29 Dec 2008.
  3. New York Times
    . Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  4. ^ Petropolous, Jonathan (July 2005). "Report of Professor Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College" (PDF). Burris, Schoenberg & Walden, LLP.
  5. ^ "Professor Petropoulos Featured in Documentary About Nazi Art Thefts". Claremont McKenna College. 2007-10-18. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  6. ^ a b Koldehoff, Stefan (Summer 2007). "Pissarro Lost and Found" (PDF). ARTnews. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  7. ^ a b Hickley, Catherine (2007-06-06). "Nazi-Looted Pissarro in Zurich Bank Pits Heiress Against Dealer". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  8. Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original
    on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  9. ^ Hickley, Catherine (2009-06-02). "Gestapo-Looted Pissarro Seized in Swiss Safe Goes on Auction". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  10. ^ "Christie's auction results for November 3, 2009: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Le Quai Malaquais et l'Institut". Christie's. 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  11. ^ Tully, Judd (2009-11-03). "Season Opens Softly at Christie's". ARTINFO. Retrieved 2009-11-25.