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Rape of Europa Film Notes and Viewing Guide (Menemsha Films, 2008)
From the book Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nichols
Worksheet Laura Tawil
Vocabulary
Looting Restitution Repatriation
Provenance -
Adolf Hitler purged art he hated and stole art he coveted
What was his motive for attacking art in Europe?
Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and Adolf Hitler all applied to the Academy of Fine Arts of
Vienna, Austria. Who was accepted?
Museum of Military History in Washington D.C. holds many of Hitlers watercolor paintings
July 1, 1937 - Degenerate Art Exhibition tours Germany
What was the intent of this exhibition?
Hitler makes most wanted shopping list of all museums in Europe
What did he plan to do with this list?
1938 Museums plan for evacuation of precious treasures
June 30, 1939 purge of degenerate art from German institutions
What are some examples of degenerate art?
House of German Art Museum in Munich, Germany
What did Hitler accept as good art?
Collecting Art was a REQUIRED pastime of Nazi leadership
Who was the biggest collector of art, after Hitler?
Hitler designs his Imperial City at Linz, Austria
Where were the treasures of the Louvre stored?
Where was the Mona Lisa taken?
What happened at the Jeu de Paume, Paris, France on Oct. 30, 1940?
Where were National Gallery of London works stored in 1941?
Where did the Nazis store art in 1942?
What do these groups have in common?
The Roberts Commission
Monuments Men
Venus Fixers
In 1944, Hitler stored works for Linz in Alt Aussee. What was this place?
Who stashed his art in Berchtesgaden?
Who discovered this stash?
What is still missing?
Who should own the recovered art now?
A - Last known owners descendents
B - Public museum in the last country of ownership
C - Public museum in the country of the arts origin
D - A whole new separate museum of looted art
E - Other
WHY?
