The Rape of Europa By Lynn H. Nicholas

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Title	:	The Rape of Europa
Author	:	Lynn H. Nicholas
Format	:	Paperback
Page	:	498 pages
ISBN	:	0679756868

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The story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich s war on European culture and the Allies desperate effort to preserve it 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 libe The story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich s war on European culture and the Allies desperate effort to preserve it 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 compelling drama.The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso

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about Author

From Random House Lynn H Nicholas was born in New London, CT, and educated in the U.S., England, and Spain The Rape of Europa, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, has been translated into eight languages It inspired an international movement to locate and repatriate works of art and other property confiscated and stolen by individuals and governments before and during World War II From Random House Lynn H Nicholas was born in New London, CT, and educated in the U.S., England, and Spain The Rape of Europa, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, has been translated into eight languages It inspired an international movement to locate and repatriate works of art and other property confiscated and stolen by individuals and governments before and during World War II Ms Nicholas was elected to the L gion d Honneur by the government of France and was named an Amicus Poloniae by Poland She has become widely known as a lecturer on the issues addressed in The Rape of Europa and Cruel World and has appeared as an expert witness in art repatriation trials and before Congress

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Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web

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Title: The Rape of Europa
Posted by:Lynn H. Nicholas
Published :2016-01-14T15:49+01:00
The story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich s war on European culture and the Allies desperate effort t

The Rape of Europa

Lynn H. Nicholas498 pagesLynn H. Nicholas