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11. D. A. Volkaganov, Seven Leaders, Vol. II, M. Novosky, Moscow, 1997.
12. Avenir Ovsianov private archive, Kaliningrad.
13. The best description of the action of the trophy brigades, their formation and activity, is in Konstantin Akinsha and Gregory Koslov, Stolen Treasure, Weidenfeld &Nicolson, London, 1995.
14. Act 241, Op. 2618, d 67, 193 n 107-111; Op. 2621, d 16, 160; Op. 2656, d 207, 122. See also Ovsianov, Mine Anna.
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1. A. M. Kuchumov and M. G. Voronov, The Amber Room, Khudozhnik RSFSR, Leningrad, 1989.
2. This and telegrams concerning Kuchumov's Lenin Prize can be found in Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, Opus 1, File 257.
3. All of the Fors letters can be found in the Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, Opus 1, File 121, pp. 13, 24, 29 and 34.
4. All of these passes can be found in the Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, Opus 1, File 120, pp. 3, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14.
5. Ibid., p. 11.
6. A komandirovat for 9 March, signed by Striganov, orders Kuchumov down to Moscow and on to Kaliningrad for ten days: 'ref. order number 145-k. Participation in the function of forming a State Committee on the question of the Amber Room of the Catherine Palace' following order 526-R of the Russian Federation and 161 of the Ministry of Culture.
7. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 120, pp. 14-19.
8. Ibid., p. 20.
9. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 119, p. 37.
10. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 121, pp. 7-11.
11. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 248.
12. The Library of Congress Country Studies carries a profile of the Soviet Union and its administrative and political structure. This estimates party membership and USSR census information. See http://lcweb2.loc.g0v/frd/cs/sutoc.html.
13. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 61.
14. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 48, pp. 1-38.
15. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 119, p. 35.
16. Kuchumov archive, TGALI 468, File 119. See also Avenir Ovsianov, Mine Anna, Yantarny Skaz, Kaliningrad, 2001.
17. Ibid. See also Ovsianov, Mine Anna.
18. Patricia Grimsted, 'Spoils of War Returned', Prologue, Vol. 34, No. 3, Washington, DC, Fall 2002.
19. Klaus Goldmann, 'The Treasure of the Berlin State Museums and its Allied Capture', International journal of Cultural Property, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1988.
20. Konstantin Akinsha and Gregory Koslov, Stolen Treasure, Weidenfeld &C Nicolson, London, 1995.
21. Ibid., pp. 172-80.
22. Leningradskaya Pravda, 31 March 1955.
23. Akinsha and Koslov, Stolen Treasure, pp. 189-215.
24. The exhibitions officially opened on 7 August 1958.
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1. See account of Baldin story in Konstantin Akinsha and Gregory Koslov, Stolen Treasure, Weidenfeld 6e Nicolson, London, 1995.
2. Ibid., pp. 233-5.
3. See Klaus Goldmann, 'The Trojan Treasures in Berlin', in Elizabeth Simpson (ed.), The Spoils of War, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1997.
4. The article was published on 5 March 1995.
5. For a full version see Wolfgang Eichwede, 'Models of Restitution', in Simpson (ed.), The Spoils of War.
6. For full account of negotiations see Patricia Grimsted, 'Spoils of War Returned', Prologue, Vol. 34, No.3, Washington, DC, Fall 2002.
7. Article published on 16 May 1997.
8. Russian Federation Summary Catalogue of the Cultural Valuables Stolen and Lost During the Second World War, the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Zone, the Catherine Palace, Book I, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Department of Cultural Heritage, ICAR inc., St Petersburg, Russia, 1999.
9. See the report 'Russian minister wants booty art back in Bremen', carried by www.Gazetta.ru, 14 March 2003 and also article by Andrei Zolotov Jr., St Petersburg Times, 14 March 2003.
10. See 'Vladimir Putin's representative is against returning Baldin collection to Germany', Pravda, 17 March 2003.
11. See 'Never read a book written about me', Pravda, 8 April 2003.
12. See 'Amber Room reconstruction in Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo is completed', Pravda, 13 May 2003.
13. See Pravda, 31 May 2003.
EPILOGUE
1. The letter is dated 15 August 1987 and was sent to a Hamburg ward registrar who was