The condition of cultural property in armed conflicts (I): From Antiquity to World War II

In: International review of the Red Cross: humanitarian debate, law, policy, action, Band 25, Heft 245, S. 67-85

Abstract

The condition of cultural property through the armed conflicts which have succeeded one another from Antiquity to the eve of the Second World War is no easy subject to study.The sources available have of course made it possible to establish that from the latter part of the nineteenth century onwards, domestic and international laws have been enacted to reduce somewhat rather than prevent damage to cultural property during hostilities.