The film takes viewers on a journey through seven countries, exploring a story of greed and warfare that threatened Europe's artistic heritage. For 12 years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art, but young art historians and curators from America and Europe fought back, launching a campaign to rescue and return stolen art works.
The Rape of Europa
During World War II, Nazi Germany's ruthless campaign of art plundering ravaged Europe, leaving a trail of cultural devastation. As the war raged on, Allied forces fought to salvage what remained, racing against time to recover and preserve the continent's most treasured masterpieces.