The Rape of Europa

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William and Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival Apr 22, 2007 Department: Arts & Culture Location and Time: Walters Art Museum, 2pm Film: The Rape of Europa Cost: $9/person For More Information Contact: Claudine Davison, 410.542.4900, x239 Today's Show: The Rape of Europa USA 2006; Written, Produced and Directed by: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newnham; Co-producedby Robert Edsel English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Russian with English subtitles; 117 min.

The Rape of Europa begins and ends with Gustav Klimt’s famed Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and now, the most expensive painting ever sold. This extraordinary documentary is based on the award-winning book of the same name by author, Lynn H. Nicholas. It takes us into a whirlwind journey of greed, warfare and fanaticism that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe during WWII. The Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. Heroic American and European historians and curators fought back with a miraculous campaign to rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures. More than 60 years later, families still struggle to recover their properties and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war. Narrated by Joan Allen.

Guest Speaker: Director of the Walters Art Museum, Gary Vikan