The Nazis committed the biggest theft in the history of art: the task of a special unit was to recover everything

Hitler’s passion for art never faded. When, at a young age, the Vienna Academy of Arts rejected his work twice, the boy’s dream of becoming a famous artist collapsed. Perhaps that is why, after becoming the leader of the most powerful European state and starting World War II, Hitler decided to make up for this loss. Taking advantage of the acquired power and military might of Nazi Germany, the Führer decided to capture the most impressive masterpieces of art from the Old Continent. Everything that just happened on your way.

By order of A. Hitler, the Nazis looted the most expensive works of art that embodied the cultural spirit of Western civilization. The Germans not only sought to appropriate foreign property, but also to destroy the traces of the history of nations. Hitler’s soldiers looted everything in a row: paintings, sculptures, European churches, universities, and private art collections, especially the wealth of Jewish families. He extended stained glass windows in the Strasbourg Cathedral, emptied libraries, stole church bells, and appropriated hundreds of ancient Torah scrolls and even musical instruments.