Transfer of Cultural Objects in the Alpe Adria Region in the 20th Century

Contributions by Christian Fuhrmeister Contributions by Donata Levi Contributions by Martina Visentin Contributions by Francesca Coccolo Contributions by Dejan Ristić Contributions by Karin Leitner-Ruhe Contributions by Katharina Hüls-Valenti Contributions by Emanuele Pellegrini Contributions by Simona Greco Contributions by Valeria Toscano Contributions by Daria Brasca Contributions by Anneliese Schallmeiner Contributions by Albena Zlatanova Contributions by Susanne Kiel Contributions by Margherita Colusso Contributions by Helen Brunner Contributions by Maria Tischner Contributions by Barbara Murovec Contributions by Karin Šmid Contributions by Janez Premk Contributions by Ljerka Dulibić Contributions by Iva Pasini Tržec Contributions by Ivan Ferenčak Contributions by Elena Franchi Contributions by Kristina Uhlíková Contributions by Jan Uhlík Edited by Christian Fuhrmeister Edited by Barbara Murovec

Book cover: Transfer of Cultural Objects in the Alpe Adria Region in the 20th Century

Extent: 520 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln

Subjects: Art & Art History

Series: Bruche und Kontinuitaten: Forschungen zu Kunst und Kunstgeschichte im Nationalsozialismus

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(June 2022)

ISBN: 9783412518875

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $87.00

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In an unprecedented transnational, collaborative and transdisciplinary way, the motion of objects across space and time – and their role as symbolic capital – was investigated in a project funded by the EU in the HERA program. Comprehensive studies analyze competing (national) claims, occupation regimes, the mechanics of dispossession and the politics of “safeguarding” objects. Acknowleding diverse views, including the narratives that attribute(d) meaning to gains and losses of cultural assets, the volume presents key examples of coming to terms with the past. Contributions from Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia are combined with explorations of the broader context of translocations e.g. in the Czech Republic, providing a more nuanced understanding of unresolved issues of patrimony.


Transfer, displacement, confiscation, seizure, looting and theft of cultural objects characterize historical and current conflicts of ownership – also in the Alpe Adria region. In an unprecedented transnational, collaborative and transdisciplinary way, the motion of objects across space and time – and their role as symbolic capital – was investigated in a project funded by the EU in the HERA program. Comprehensive studies analyze competing (national) claims, occupation regimes, the mechanics of dispossession and the politics of “safeguarding” objects. Acknowleding diverse views, including the narratives that attribute(d) meaning to gains and losses of cultural assets, the volume presents key examples of coming to terms with the past. Contributions from Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia are combined with explorations of the broader context of translocations e.g. in the Czech Republic, providing a more nuanced understanding of unresolved issues of patrimony.

  • Contributions by Christian Fuhrmeister
  • Contributions by Donata Levi
  • Contributions by Martina Visentin
  • Contributions by Francesca Coccolo
  • Contributions by Dejan Ristić
  • Contributions by Karin Leitner-Ruhe
  • Contributions by Katharina Hüls-Valenti
  • Contributions by Emanuele Pellegrini
  • Contributions by Simona Greco
  • Contributions by Valeria Toscano
  • Contributions by Daria Brasca
  • Contributions by Anneliese Schallmeiner
  • Contributions by Albena Zlatanova
  • Contributions by Susanne Kiel
  • Contributions by Margherita Colusso
  • Contributions by Helen Brunner
  • Contributions by Maria Tischner
  • Contributions by Barbara Murovec
  • Contributions by Karin Šmid
  • Contributions by Janez Premk
  • Contributions by Ljerka Dulibić
  • Contributions by Iva Pasini Tržec
  • Contributions by Ivan Ferenčak
  • Contributions by Elena Franchi
  • Contributions by Kristina Uhlíková
  • Contributions by Jan Uhlík
  • Edited by Christian Fuhrmeister
  • Edited by Barbara Murovec