Nancy H. Yeide was the head of the Department of Curatorial Records at the

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, Washington, from 1990 to 2017. She is a specialist in World War Two-era

provenance research Provenance (from the French ''provenir'', 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object. The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art but is now used in similar senses i ...

, particularly relating to the

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collection of which she has written the first comprehensive catalog."Goering Hoards Nudes, Jingles Emeralds in Catalog of Looted Art".
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'', 2 August 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2015. Yeide holds a Master of Arts degree from

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. She appeared in the documentary film, '' The Rape of Europa'', in which she discussed the Goering collection.

Selected publications

*''The American Association of Museum's Guide to Provenance Research''. 2001. (With Konstantin Akinsha & Amy L. Walsh) *''Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection''. Laurel Publishing, Dallas, 2009.

References

External links

Nancy Yeide talking about Nazi Loot in American Collections.
Jordan Mejias, ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (German language
English translation.
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