Adolf Hitler’s expansionist aims for Nazi Germany set Europe on an inevitable road to war. In late August 1939, the National Gallery found itself at the centre of a city expecting widespread bombing.
and museum directors who saved Europe's finest art during World War II. These men and women were civilians who were launched into a deadly war and tasked with saving an entire culture. It was well ...
Trench Art is a misleading term given today to a wide variety of decorative items, sometimes also functional, produced during or soon after the First World War (though the term is also applied to ...
In 1998, National Museums Directors Conference (NMDC) members adopted a statement of principles and proposed actions regarding the spoliation of works of art during the Holocaust and World War II ...