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Keyword: War, Holocaust, Europe, Art
Producer: Nicole Newnham, Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge
Production: INDEPENDENT

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Rape of Europa, The
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This powerful documentary tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. But art professionals and ordinary heroes, from truck drivers to department store clerks, fought to safeguard, rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures.  Today, the legacy of this tragic history continues to play out as families of looted collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle damage and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war. 

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