Stoss

It’s called Stoss, and was designed by Lee-Anne Stossell.

I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

It’s called Stoss, and was designed by Lee-Anne Stossell.

I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

It’s called Stoss, and was designed by Lee-Anne Stossell.

I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

It’s called Stoss, and was designed by Lee-Anne Stossell.

I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

Nürnberg had indeed been the birthplace of the controversial Viet Stoss.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

The Polish ambassador had already filed a petition to have the Viet Stoss altar returned to Cracow, and the Austrians were asking the same for the Holy Roman Empire collection.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

Carved figurines in the storage room containing the famed Viet Stoss altar, plundered by the Nazis from the Basilica of the Virgin Mary in Cracow, Poland.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

The Viet Stoss altar and artifacts of the Holy Roman Empire, however, presented more difficult legal and logistical challenges.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

The only difficulty, he said, was bringing the altar to Nürnberg, as various ranking Nazis desired that the Stoss masterpiece be safeguarded elsewhere.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

The truth was in the next storage room: the panels and figurines from the Viet Stoss altar stolen from the cathedral church of Saint Mary in Cracow.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010