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"On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland ... found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans' final line of defense ... Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi's art looting headquarters in the French capital ... While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him"--
Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
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"On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland ... found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans' final line of defense ... Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi's art looting headquarters in the French capital ... While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him"--
Description
"On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland ... found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans' final line of defense ... Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi's art looting headquarters in the French capital ... While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him"--
ISBN
9780063295896
Publisher
Publication Date
May 13, 2025
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
400
Keywords
Biography & Autobiography | Women; Art | Movements | Modernism; History | Europe | France; Art | Art & Politics; Biography & Autobiography | Historical; Biography & Autobiography | Survival; History | Military | Intelligence & Espionage; History | Modern | 20th Century - Holocaust; Art | European | General; History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II - European Theater
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