Pillage and destruction of cultural property has always been a by- 
product of armed conflict. Yet no military power in history has  
equaled the Third Reich in its ability to use culture not merely as a  
trophy of war, but as a weapon of war: a means to dominate,  
demoralize and control the nations that it sought to conquer by  
stripping them of their cultural and spiritual identity.

Only through the systematic confiscation, theft, concealment, forced  
sale and destruction of millions of artistic, religious and  
historical works and monuments would Europe, in Hitler’s mind, become  
a suitable home for a tausend jahre reich with Berlin as its capital.  
Pulling the plug on this diabolical plan is one of the great stories  
of modern time, brilliantly recounted by Lynn Nicholas in her 1994  
book The Rape of Europa, which has been updated and adapted for the  
screen with remarkable never-before-seen footage by the writer- 
director-producer team of Bonny Cohen, Richard Berge and Nicolle  
Newnham.

Truly a “must see” documentary, The Rape of Europa reveals the  
heroism and tenacity of those who risked their lives to save what  
others could only covet, control or destroy, and continue to undo the  
damage caused by the German war machine more than 50 years later.

Read the full review on the new SAFE blog SAFECORNER: http:// 
safecorner.savingantiquities.org as well as other posts, such as:

Can Cultural Property Legislation Kill an Academic Discipline?

Repatriation and loss of context

Terminology: is provenience a redundant term?

America's Commitment to Safeguarding Heritage

Cyprus, coins and the American interest

Looking beyond 2007

SAFECORNER is the online community of the non-profit organization  
SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, where dialogs begin, ideas  
exchange, and concrete solutions emerge concerning looting and the  
illicit antiquities trade. Contributors to SAFECORNER are members of  
the SAFE community and other experts and opinion leaders in the field  
of cultural heritage protection. If you would like to add a relevant  
discussion, report, observation or opinion, please send it to  
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