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

The cast of characters includes Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from da Vinci to Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and at times suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it. 90 illustrations and photos. 3 maps. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; the rest of the story; This a both a work of considerable scholarship and also a work written with considerable understanding of human nature. Essentially it is written in two parts. The first covers the Nazi expropriation or destruction of works of art all...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-12-2008; See the movie, first; The book is excellent as a resource after seeing the movie. For nonartistists such as myself, this is a great resource to further my understanding of the film. The film is 5 stars and really shows what happened.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-08-2008; I am truely ambivalent in this review; On the one hand, it is a very scholarly account of the systematic theft of Europe's art by the Nazis. I was interested in this book after reading a review of the movie, which came through Sacramento all too briefly (never to return, it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-04-2008; great book on art looting; The Rape of Europa is an eye-opening book. Nicholas has done a tremendous amount of research that reveals the almost unimaginable extent of Nazi art looting during World War II. But the book never gets bogged down in details. The...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; the rest of the story; This a both a work of considerable scholarship and also a work written with considerable understanding of human nature. Essentially it is written in two parts. The first covers the Nazi expropriation or destruction of works of art all...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-02-2008; See the movie if you can; After seeing the documentary movie with the same title, I was anxious to buy the book. The movie is based on the book and generally I find books preferable to movies. In this case, however, I would recommend the movie unless you are an...; read full review | report as inappropriate