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Wartime Art Theft - Paintings Taken By Germans
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keywords: wwii, stolen artworks, looting art treasures, u.s. 5th army, monument men, mfaa
Synopsis: Unedited footage of the plunder and looting of European art by the Nazis and the recovery by "Monument Men" of the 5th Army working for the MFAA...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:08:40
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Italy
Wartime Art Theft - Painting Taken By Germans
San Leonardo, Italy: U.S. 5th Army Monument Men working for the MFAA (Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives) section of the Allied Armies during WWII discovered paintings stolen by the Nazis from the Uffizi Gallery and Museum in Florence, Italy. These paintings had been unloaded and placed in a jail cell in San Leonardo, Italy by retreating German troops. Among the masterpieces were paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, and Giovanni Bellini.
