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Article: NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM PRESENTS 'NAZI ART LOOTING: TALES OF DISCOVERY' NOV. 4
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 25 -- Nassau Community College issued the following news release:
The Jewish Studies Program at Nassau Community College is proud to present the program Nazi Art Looting: Tales of Discovery by Dr. Evie T. Joselow on Wednesday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the College Center Building (CCB).
The greatest theft of art in the 20th century was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of its most valuable art treasures. Prominent art historians, including museum directors and scholars, were called into ...