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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Goodman, Simon.
The Orpheus Clock : the search for my family’s art treasures stolen by the Nazis / Simon Goodman.
pages cm
1. Gutmann family. 2. Jewish bankers—Germany—Biography. 3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)—Germany. 4. Gutmann family—Art collections. 5. Goodman family—Art collections. 6. Art thefts—Germany—History—20th century. 7. Art thefts—Investigation. 8. World War, 1939–1945—Reparations. I. Title.
HG1552.G87G66 2015
940.53'18144—dc23
2015017171
ISBN 978-1-4516-9763-6
ISBN 978-1-4516-9765-0 (ebook)