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The Rape of Europa: Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War

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The Rape of Europa: Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War - Nicholas, Lynn H.
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When the Nazi occupation of Poland, France and the Low Countries, and finally Italy, began a colossal wave of organized and casual pillaging stripped entire countries of their cultural heritage. From the day Hitler came to power, art was a matter of the highest priority to the Reich. He and other Nazis were ravenous collectors, stopping at nothing to acquire paintings and sculpture. Nicholas catalogues this theft and destruction but also shows how the dedicated corps of `Museum Officers', brought to Europe after the Allied ...

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The Rape of Europa: Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War 1995, Papermac, London

ISBN-13: 9780333639511

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The Rape of Europa: Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War 1994, Picador, London

ISBN-13: 9780333626528

Hardcover