The Rape of Europa
The Rape of Europa is Lynn H. Nicholas's history of Nazi art looting, first published by Knopf in New York in 1994. It traces the seizure, hiding and recovery of Europe's art in the Second World War, won the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction and inspired a documentary.
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- 2
- First published
- Knopf, New York, 1994
The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas was first published in 1994. We track 2 editions.
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- 6 on Open Library, 5 in English
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We track 2 editions of The Rape of Europa. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was The Rape of Europa first published?
The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas was first published in 1994.
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