Nikolsburg

December 25, 2010

The Night of the Generals, directed by Anatole Litvak

Night of the Generals 1967 Movie PosterSource: IMPAwards I just finished watching this oldie but goodie from 1966, starring Peter O’Toole as a psychotic SS General, […]
April 10, 2011

ERR database—Frederic Unger collection (U)

by Marc Masurovsky I went over the items seized by the ERR from Frederic Unger, an Austrian citizen from Vienna who had left his home town […]
April 25, 2011

The fate of the Nikolsburg hoard

Nikolsburg CastleSource: Wikipedia Nikolsburg, now Mikulov, lies in the south Moravian region of the Czech Republic. After the Munich Pact of September 30, 1938, the town […]
May 1, 2011

The Nikolsburg hoard revisited

When last mentioned on April 25, 2011, the Nikolsburg Castle nestled in the town of Mikulov in south Moravia, close to the Austrian border, had served […]
March 17, 2016

Dessus de porte

by Marc Masurovsky Source: NARA On December 3, 2007, Christie’s Paris sold a painting by Marie Laurencin, entitled “L’embarcadère’ [Haut de Porte].” As is usual with […]