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To: ansel12
owned by a former American pilot has been That is sure vague. I just watched the DVD "The Rape of Europa" tonight, about the industrial sized theft of art by the Nazis and Soviets ...

I see what you are saying - and that is an excellent insight. I did not ask myself about how that painting turned up where it did, but now that you mention it ... it has a real postWW2 ring to it.

I shall get hold of a copy of that documentary, if I can.

I also recommend a novel by Douglas Boyd, "The Fiddler and the Ferret". It is a thriller written by an historian of WW2 France, and the plot makes a lot of allegations about how art works stolen by the Nazis ended up in other hands. Fiction of course ... but interesting to read, and possibly based on fact.

9 posted on 10/06/2010 5:14:09 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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Go on line and see if your library has the DVD to check out, or get them to order it from one of the other branches, it is usually a free library service.


10 posted on 10/06/2010 5:29:36 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: BlackVeil

Another good book is “ The Forger’s Spell” by Edward Dolnick-true story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the greatest hoax of the 20th century.
Fast and fascinating read. Dolnick references “The Rape of Europa”.


12 posted on 10/06/2010 8:11:38 PM PDT by vis a vis
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