The Rape of Europa
Subtitle: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
Publisher: Vintage; Vintage Books
Published: April 25, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780679756866
Subjects: History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); European; Cultural policy; Art & Art Instruction; Europe - Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Germany; History / Military / World War II; Art thefts; Art and the war; Europe
First sentence: On the afternoon of June 30, 1939, a major art auction took place at the elegant Grand Hotel National in the Swiss resort town of Lucerne.