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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War is a 1994 book by Lynn H. Nicholas and a 2006 documentary film. The book explores the Nazi plunder of looted art treasures from occupied countries and the consequences.
- Lynn H. Nicholas
- 1994
Apr 25, 1995 · The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War. Paperback – April 25, 1995. by Lynn H. Nicholas (Author) 4.4 423 ratings. See all formats and editions. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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- Lynn H. Nicholas
- Lynn H. Nicholas
Synopsis. 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.
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- Lynn H. Nicholas
Apr 12, 1994 · From the Nazi purges of 'degenerate art' and Goering's shopping sprees in occupied Paris to the perilous journey of the 'Mona Lisa' from Paris and the painstaking reclamation of the priceless treasures of liberated Italy, The Rape of Europa is a sweeping narrative of greed, philistinism, and heroism that combines superlative scholarship with a ...
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- Paperback
From the Nazi purges of “Degenerate Art” and Goering’s shopping sprees in occupied Paris to the perilous journey of the Mona Lisa from Paris and the painstaking reclamation of the priceless treasures of liberated Italy, The Rape of Europa is a sweeping narrative of greed, philistinism, and heroism that combines superlative scholarship ...
- Paperback
Dec 22, 2009 · From the Nazi purges of "Degenerate Art" and Goering's shopping sprees in occupied Paris to the perilous journey of the Mona Lisa from Paris and the painstaking reclamation of the priceless...
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Sep 6, 2021 · Now, in a riveting account brimming with tales of courage and sacrifice, of venality and beastliness, Lynn H. Nicholas meticulously reconstructs the full story of this act of cultural rape and its aftermath.