Rose Valland
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"Rose Valland is one of the greatest and yet unknown heroines of World War II. After risking her life spying on the Nazis, day after day for four long years, Rose lived to fulfill her destiny: locating and returning tens of thousands of works of art stolen by the Nazis…
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Rose Valland is a largely unsung heroine of World War II. Her father was a blacksmith in a village near Grenoble, and art was the love of her life.
From 1940-1944, she was the only French curator at the Jeu de Paume, the museum where the Nazis stored artworks looted from Jewish households. At the risk of her life, she noted the name of each painting, the artist, the provenance, and—crucially—its destination.
The Jeu de Paume was a transit point for artworks on their way to Germany. Rose wrote everything down. At the end of the…
From Patricia's list on Nazi art thefts during World War II.
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