World War II looting of Poland
The looting of Polish cultural artifacts during World War II was carried out by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union side by side after the invasion of Poland of 1939. A significant portion of Poland's cultural heritage, estimated at about half a million art objects, was plundered by the occupying powers. Cataloged pieces are still occasionally recovered elsewhere and returned to Poland.
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World War II looting of Poland
The looting of Polish cultural artifacts during World War II was carried out by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union side by side after the invasion of Poland of 1939. A significant portion of Poland's cultural heritage, estimated at about half a million art objects, was plundered by the occupying powers. Cataloged pieces are still occasionally recovered elsewhere and returned to Poland.
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Grabież polskich dóbr kultury ...... 39–1945 wynosi 30 mld dolarów.
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The looting of Polish cultural ...... y pieces of art still missing.
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Crates from the National Museum in Kraków packed for shipment to Germany
Germans looting the Zachęta Museum in Warsaw in the summer of 1944
Pompeo Batoni's Apollo and two Muses, stolen in 1944; returned to Poland in 1997
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Source: The Lost Museum by Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
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Grabież polskich dóbr kultury ...... wa polskiego i jego obywateli.
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The looting of Polish cultural ...... ewhere and returned to Poland.
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Grabież polskich dóbr kultury w czasie II wojny światowej
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World War II looting of Poland
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