false 227540 0679756868 9780679756866 151 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172877747m/227540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227540.The_Rape_of_Europa_The_Fate_of_Europe_s_Treasures_in_the_Third_Reich_and_the_Second_World_War 133174 Lynn H. Nicholas 163 51 3 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 06:21:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 06:21:24 -0700 2008 control freaks and manipulators. If they weren’t bombing the hell out of Europe east and west, not to mention exterminating whole populations of ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities – not to mention anyone with a mental handicap – the Nazis were looting Europe of its masterpieces like kids at a candy store. Luckily for us today, just enough people throughout Europe had the prescience to inventory and hide away as much artwork as they could before the coming barbarian hordes of the Third Reich. Of course, it remains to be said that some works have been lost, forgotten, or even destroyed. Let’s just hope history doesn’t try and repeat itself.]]>