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... and Rose Valland:
Rose Valland, an art historian employed by the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris, risked her life to rescue stolen art. The Nazis used the Jeu de Paume to store plundered art. Valland was the only member of the museum's original staff that the Nazis retained during their occupation of Paris. Valland spied on the Nazis, who did not realize that she spoke German. She kept detailed notes, lists, and photographs of stolen artwork.
Valland met James Rorimer after the liberation of Paris in 1944. She hesitated to trust him at first, but finally she gave him meticulous documentation of what the Nazis had stolen and where Rorimer could find it. |