Monuments in Peril: The Rape of Europa
September 26, 2010
3:00 pm
Lynn Nicholas's award-winning book The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War, tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction, and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. Nicholas will discuss these themes with a special emphasis on Williamstown connections to the rescue of looted works.
Whether from the ravages of time or war, the pressures of development and change, or simple neglect, iconic monuments around the world face an uncertain future. In the Monuments in Peril Series, the Clark examines the world's most important monuments and the struggles they have faced in the past and continue to face.
