The ERR and the Nazi Party’s systematic looting of Europe
Season 22
Episode 5
About the Episode
After initially joining the German Army as a soldier at the outset of World War II, Dr. Bruno Lohse – an art historian by training – was selected to join the ERR, the Nazi Party agency tasked with plundering Europe. Headquartered in Paris, the ERR carried out, in the words of journalist Hector Feliciano, “the largest looting that has ever happened in history.”
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Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief
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