Http://cphpost.dk/news/nazi-sympathisers-try-to-rewrite-history-by-stealing-it.3149.html in 2012, in the last days of october, danish authorities arrested and put in custody two men suspected of the theft of danish public archives from the world war ii era. indeed earlier in that month, members of the staff from rigsarkivet, the danish national arc

Here is a translation of the following article published in october 2002, which deals with the restitution of kuwaiti archives by iraqi authorities : http://www.albawaba.com/news/iraq-returns-looted-archives-kuwait " cinq camions transportant des archives koweitiennes volées ont quitté bagdad ce vendredi matin à destination du koweit, a indiqué

Patricia grimsted kennedy is an american historian whose studies are focused on the stealing and restitution of cultural materials which occured during and after the second world war. she is also a leading authority on the archives from the former ussr : she is the one who revealed that the ussr had secretly kept archives stolen by the nazis from e

Transcription: this document is a letter to his excellency, abraham lincoln, president of the united states, written in hagerstown, maryland, november 6, 1862. signed by one, two, three surgeons, asking president lincoln to appoint a chaplain. my name is bill panagopoulos. i am the president of alexander autographs, inc. and alexander historical au

Personal oral production this blog is about stolen archives. we are two students working on that topic. for my part i have decided talk about stolen archives in the united states. there is a lot to say. my first post is about the american laws that stand against theft of public records. they give a full definition of the words record and archive. t

Chris field on sandy burger's archives theft this video is about the outrageous theft and destruction of classified records from the national archives and the reactions of officials. as if stealing records was not wrong enough, it was done by a public man, sandy burger, a former national security adviser. the officials declared they are quite shock

The american history doesn’t go back to the crusades or feudality. but it is built on bonding and unifying events and charismatic leaders on which american people can rely to claim its identity. therefore it makes sense that the first historical records to be stolen are documents or artifacts from these periods of american history. the national a

As a federal country, the united states have established laws preventing or prosecuting records thefts. in the 18 united states code, there is a part on concealment, removal or mutilation of records. it says that anyone who tries or succeeds in damaging archives shall be guilty and imprisoned, which may last three years. and it concerns a large var

Http://journaldunarchiviste.fr/2013/06/24/la-memoire-spoliee-fonds-de-moscou/ i decided to translate this french article into english about moscow archives for i couldn't find any similar article originally written in this language, and for it is a subject i particularly wanted to talk about. " following the recent reissue of sophie coeuré's book

Fbi, national archives return to rightful owners 10,000 stolen historical us documents published may 14, 2013 baltimore – fbi and national archive officials are returning to their rightful owners more than 10,000 important historical documents seized during a massive theft investigation involving a well-known collector of presidential memorabilia