Review – The Rape of Europa

World War Two was hard on the European art world, as documented in this production. The story begins with the Nazi high command’s practice of systematically looting the museums and private collections of conquered nations. And honestly, a more thorough examination of that one aspect of cultural rape would have been enough for one movie. Don’t get me wrong. I was interested in the information presented about the damage done to art treasures caught in war zones. It was just too much for a single, two-hour picture to cover. Nazi thieves, valiant curators hiding collections, and of course the struggles to return the art to its rightful owners (or struggles against return) at the end of the war could have been more thoroughly discussed without digressing into other areas. Overall, however, the movie was a well-assembled consideration of a sadly lingering topic. Mildly amusing