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Monuments Woman Rose Valland

Join us as Karen Imarisio discusses Rose Valland a WWII Resistance hero based on the book

The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young. In 1944 during the Nazi occupation of Paris, Rose Valland was a curator at the Jeu de Paume when the museum became the Nazi's art looting headquarters. During this time, this unassuming heroine secretly kept meticulous records of each stolen artwork coming in and going out of the museum. Valland's valued efforts made possible the recovery of the world's most treasured art masterpieces after the war.

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