The Rape of Europa Part 1: 1) What work of art is Austria’s “Mona Lisa”? Who is the painting of? What had Hitler wanted to do with his life when he was a young man? In what way did Hitler’s rejection influence his world views? What did Hitler do about “degenerate” art? What kind of art museum did Hitler want to open? Why did Nazi leaders have art collections? How did Hermann Goering collect and use art? What happened to the Klimt paintings owned by the Bloch-Bauer family? Why does Maria (Bloch-Bauer) Altman want her paintings back from Austria even though she admits she wants them in a museum? How did Hitler want to transform Linz? How did Hitler put together the list of works he wanted in his museum? What did Hitler and his army do to Poland? Why was the Warsaw Castle rebuilt? Why was Cracow spared similar destruction? Why did Hitler want the altar found in St

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The Rape of Europa

Part 1:

1) What work of art is Austria’s “Mona Lisa”?

2. Who is the painting of?
3. What had Hitler wanted to do with his life when he was a young man?
4. In what way did Hitler’s rejection influence his world views?
5. What did Hitler do about “degenerate” art?
6. What kind of art museum did Hitler want to open?
7. Why did Nazi leaders have art collections?
8. How did Hermann Goering collect and use art?
9. What happened to the Klimt paintings owned by the Bloch-Bauer family?
10. Why does Maria (Bloch-Bauer) Altman want her paintings back from Austria even though she admits she wants them in a museum?
11. How did Hitler want to transform Linz?
12. How did Hitler put together the list of works he wanted in his museum?
13. What did Hitler and his army do to Poland?
14. Why was the Warsaw Castle rebuilt?
15. Why was Cracow spared similar destruction?
16. Why did Hitler want the altar found in St. Mary’s Church in Cracow?
17. What happened to the paintings owned by the Czartoryski family?
18. What did the Louvre do with their paintings as Hitler invaded?
19. What was done with the Mona Lisa?
20. Why didn’t Hitler seize the art hidden in the French countryside?

 

21. Instead, what were the first steps made to acquire art in Francer?
22. Who was Rose Valland and why is she considered to be a heroine of France?
23. How was the painting stolen from Andre Seligmann (Parisian art collector) found in Utah and what happened to it?
24. Why did the Nazis steal furniture and other personal belongings from Jewish families?
25. How much larger is the Hermitage than the Louvre?
26. Where did Hermitage employees hide during the siege? Why did they continue to work in the museum during the siege?

Part 2:

27. explain what the significance of the art discussed in the documentary had for both the Nazis and their victims. In short, how would you respond to someone who might say, “What’s the big deal? It’s just art.”
28. Why was protecting great monuments and buildings so difficult durrtsing WWII?
29. Why was the destruction of the Benedictine monastery considered to be a mistake?
30. Why was bombing near Florence such a delicate operation?
31. What were the monuments men? What did they do?
32. Why did residents of Pisa believe they would not be bombed?
33. What is the Campo Santo?
34. What did the Germans delo to Florence?

 

35. What did the monuments men discover as the allies invaded Germany?
36. For the monuments men who found art stolen by the Nazis in Neuschwanstein Castle who did that first open their eyes to the holocaust?
37. What mention did Hitler make about his art museum in his will?
38. Where did the allies find the largest Nazi horde of European art?
39. Where were the stolen works from Florence found?
40. How did the allies go about returning all of the art and stolen artifacts?
41. What was revealed in 1995 in Russia?
42. What did the Russian government do that was so controversial to the global art community?
43. Why is this issue controversial in Russia today?
44. Though not Jewish, why is it important to the man trying to return Jewish religious artifacts to see these objects used again?
45. What happened in 2006?
46. After watching the documentary, briefly explain what the significance of the art discussed in the documentary had for both the Nazis and their victims. In short, how would you respond to someone who might say, “What’s the big deal? It’s just art.”