James McAuley
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction
"Alluring and disturbing. . . . The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rises once again today, the effect is nothing less than chilling."—Diane Cole, Wall Street
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews--pillars of an embattled community--invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material...
