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00:01In June 1940, a triumphant Adolf Hitler arrived in Paris.
00:06He's standing here looking around. This is mine. I'm now in charge. I've done it.
00:11The Nazis had four years, four years, stripping Paris of its artistic treasure.
00:18Hitler and the Nazis sent 30,000 rail cars of loot back to Germany.
00:23Much remains missing, including artworks by Picasso, Renoir and Matisse worth millions today.
00:31It's not just art, is it? It's furniture, it's grand pianos, it's objects.
00:36Anything that can be of use, can be of value.
00:39Play it out.
00:45At the end of World War II, the Allies made a series of shocking discoveries,
00:51hidden in trains, bunkers and deep underground.
00:55They found mountains of stolen treasure.
00:58That must have been like going into Aladdin's cave.
01:01Hitler and the Nazis had looted an entire continent
01:04and committed the greatest theft in history.
01:08Now, a team of investigators is opening up cold case files of Nazi plunder still missing today.
01:15We're talking about things that are worth tens of millions of dollars.
01:18Robert Edsel is author of the best-selling book turned Hollywood movie The Monuments Man
01:23and an expert in Nazi-looted treasure.
01:27Hundreds of thousands of objects are still missing.
01:29Well, we have a lot of digging to do.
01:31Joining him is Second World War historian James Holland.
01:35None of this was really his. He'd just taken it.
01:38And investigative journalist Connor Woodman.
01:41This is a genuine treasure hunt. We dig a hole in the ground and we find those cases.
01:46Their mission? Uncover new clues.
01:48Oh, gosh, this is it.
01:50Explore Nazi hideouts.
01:51Whoever built this brick wall really didn't want anyone to get through to the other side.
01:55Find out how the treasure was stolen and where it might be now.
02:00What a piece of history.
02:02To the Monuments Man Foundation headquarters in Dallas, the team is embarking on a new investigation.
02:22on a new investigation Paris
02:25treasure chest in the Nazis they arrived in June 1940
02:30in it begins the most premeditated looting operation
02:34they know where these works of art are they emptied the galleries and
02:38our collections private ones as well as public ones of
02:41masterpieces furniture anything they've got trains
02:45coming into France empty leaving loaded with billions of dollars
02:49with stolen objects and so many things are still missing
02:52and that's our focus in May 1940
02:55Hitler unleashed the blitzkrieg on Western Europe
02:58in just six weeks
03:02his armies conquered the Netherlands Belgium
03:05France
03:10and the city he considered the ultimate prize Paris
03:19Robert and historian James Holland begin their hunt
03:23by retracing one of the most infamous sightseeing trips in history
03:27Adolf Hitler's tour of Paris on June 28th 1940
03:32here we are driving in the footsteps of Hitler on that
03:35famous infamous tour of Paris
03:38it's amazing looking at that film footage Paris is so quiet
03:4380% of the population have already evacuated
03:46he's almost got a ghost to tell
03:48but it's here that he stands up
03:52wanting to have a look for himself
03:55I mean the idea there's no security
03:57there's the perfect chance for someone to take a shot at him
04:00but he's just oblivious to those kinds of risks
04:03I think he's so mesmerized and lost in the moment of what this visit is all about
04:07yeah and I'm still so struck by the idea that that Hitler's come not with his military commanders
04:13but with honor breaker
04:16yeah who a great sculptor
04:17someone who generates good art in Hitler's view
04:20yeah
04:21he's got spear with him his favorite architect
04:23you know it just says this is not a victory tour
04:26this is an art and architecture tour
04:29the dictator made nine stops including the Arc de Triomphe
04:36the Opera House
04:38Napoleon's Tomb
04:40and most famously
04:41the Trocadero
04:43overlooking the Eiffel Tower
04:45pretty amazing thing huh
04:47oh yeah really just
04:49dominates the city doesn't it
04:51for Hitler
04:52a man who considered himself an artistic genius
04:54the visit was opportunity not just to admire
04:58but dominate as well
05:00this film footage
05:03some of the most famous and chilling shot during the entire war
05:07was powerful propaganda
05:09it said
05:10Paris belongs to me
05:12he's standing here looking around
05:14this is mine
05:16I'm now in charge
05:18I've done it
05:18at the end of the tour
05:20Hitler remarks
05:21I have considered destroying Paris
05:24but when we are through with Berlin
05:26Paris will be a shadow
05:28rather than destroy
05:31Hitler plundered
05:33Hitler's got the entire damn city
05:35to himself
05:36and what's going to play out
05:38over the next four years
05:39it's the fleecing of this country
05:41from its artistic treasure
05:42yeah
05:43the Germans when they come to France
05:44they're like kids in a sweet shop
05:46they just clear it out
05:48on June 30th 1940
05:51Hitler issues an order
05:53safeguarding all artworks in France
05:55it was a euphemism
05:58wholesale plunder
06:00was about to begin
06:01the French government
06:04had long feared a German invasion
06:05and began emptying Paris' greatest museum
06:08the Louvre
06:09as early as 1938
06:11by the time Hitler arrived
06:15its treasures were carefully hidden
06:17across the country
06:18but other valuables
06:20especially private art collections
06:22remained
06:22and became prime targets
06:25they've got them lined up
06:27one after another
06:28backing up trucks
06:30emptying galleries
06:31targeting works of art
06:32it's an industrial scale looting
06:34but it's not just art
06:36is it
06:36it's furniture
06:37it's grand pianos
06:39anything that can be of use
06:40can be of value
06:41over the next four years
06:46the Nazis stripped the city's
06:48great collections bare
06:49thousands of masterpieces
06:52and other irreplaceable treasures
06:54are still missing today
06:55the team's mission
06:58find out what happened
07:00and see if anything
07:01can be recovered
07:02we're on Rue La Boise
07:06this is an important part of the city
07:08we're just a couple of blocks off
07:10the Champs-Elysees
07:11but in 1940
07:13this street housed
07:15some of the great galleries
07:16of the dealer collectors in Paris
07:18including the Paul Rosenberg gallery
07:21at 21 Rue La Boise
07:22Rosenberg was a legendary dealer
07:26on the Paris art scene
07:27who represented three of the city's masters
07:30Henri Matisse
07:32Georges Brock
07:33and Pablo Picasso
07:35doesn't look like much now
07:41but all of the wood paneling
07:42and the trim
07:43is the original paneling
07:45that was here in 1940
07:46when the Nazis came
07:48and emptied this gallery
07:49in the months before the invasion
07:52Rosenberg moved much of his collection
07:54to England
07:54and the United States
07:56but he was unable
07:58to remove everything
07:59before the German army
08:00entered Paris
08:01and dozens of masterpieces
08:03were stolen
08:04five by Degas
08:08one by Cezanne
08:10but 38 by Picasso
08:11nine by Matisse
08:13overall it's 111 different paintings
08:16or drawings
08:17now in the world of art today
08:19some of these paintings
08:20are worth 20, 30 million dollars
08:23but let's just figure
08:24that each work of art
08:25here is worth 5 million dollars
08:275 million dollars
08:28times 111 different works of art
08:31you get to 550 million dollars
08:34or let's call it a half billion dollars
08:36the value is just staggering
08:3870 years later
08:41Robert is on a mission
08:43to find out what happened
08:45to the missing masterpieces
08:46his hunt continues
08:49not in Paris
08:50but in Washington DC
08:52at the National Archives
08:54home to a collection of albums
08:57captured by the American army
08:59at the end of the war
09:00known as the ERR albums
09:03they include photographs
09:05and information
09:06about looted artworks
09:07the albums were prepared
09:10specifically for Hitler
09:11the first given to him
09:13on his birthday
09:13today they're never put
09:16on public display
09:17but Robert has special access
09:19it's amazing
09:22looking at this
09:23incredible part of history
09:24these are the
09:25best of looted art
09:27and they wanted Hitler to see
09:28look what we got for you
09:29and he could choose
09:30what he wanted
09:31right
09:31what I find extraordinary
09:33is that these are
09:33absolutely gorgeous items
09:36if you look
09:37the calligraphy
09:38is beautiful
09:39the pictures
09:40are stunning
09:41it wasn't just
09:42documenting it
09:43they were proud of it
09:45these albums
09:47document the theft
09:48exactly what they took
09:50and who they took it from
09:51Robert wants to know
09:53if they contain
09:54any information
09:55about the looted
09:56Rosenberg art
09:57and here's what
09:58you're looking for
09:59the paintings
10:00that were taken
10:01from Paul Rosenberg
10:02this is an inventory
10:04card for Van Gogh
10:06not just any Van Gogh
10:08this of course
10:09is a self-portrait
10:10where he's damaged
10:11his ear
10:11one of the most important
10:12and most valuable works
10:14of art in the world
10:15PR tells us
10:17it was taken
10:18from Paul Rosenberg
10:19PR 144
10:20also included
10:22is the name
10:23of the Nazi
10:24who laid claim
10:24to the Van Gogh
10:25down here
10:27written in ink
10:28is H.G
10:29Hermann Goering
10:30remember who that is
10:31Hermann Goering
10:32Reichsmarshal
10:35Hermann Goering
10:35was the flamboyant
10:37head of the Luftwaffe
10:38the German Air Force
10:39and second only
10:41to Hitler
10:42in the Nazi hierarchy
10:43his position
10:45brought him
10:46enormous wealth
10:47and a growing
10:48art collection
10:49when the Nazis
10:52captured Paris
10:53Goering was
10:54at the front
10:54of the line
10:55to lay his greedy
10:56hands on new plunder
10:57but owning a Van Gogh
11:01was a risky move
11:02this is exactly
11:03the kind of
11:04general work of art
11:05that Hitler
11:06wanted removed
11:07from Germany
11:07to keep from
11:08spoiling the minds
11:10of the people there
11:11Hitler despised
11:13post-impressionist
11:15and modern art
11:16he declared it
11:17un-German
11:18the result of
11:19growing Jewish
11:20and communist
11:21influence in Europe
11:22Hitler said
11:24about Van Gogh
11:25anyone that
11:26paints a sky
11:27green
11:28and the meadow blue
11:29is defective
11:30Hitler banned
11:32so-called
11:33degenerate art
11:34in 1937
11:35two years later
11:37more than
11:384,000 works
11:39were burned
11:39in Berlin
11:40and thousands
11:42more
11:43would be quietly
11:44claimed
11:44in the years
11:45to come
11:45by high-ranking
11:46Nazis
11:47including
11:48Hermann Goering
11:48the question
11:50now
11:50why was
11:52Goering
11:52collecting
11:52forbidden art
11:53and could
11:55the answer
11:55lead Robert
11:56to the
11:57missing
11:57Rosenberg
11:57collection
11:58the team
12:09is investigating
12:10treasures
12:10looted from Paris
12:12during the
12:12four-year
12:13Nazi occupation
12:14it's an industrial
12:15scale looting
12:16but it's not
12:17just art
12:18is it
12:18anything
12:19that can be
12:20of use
12:20can be of value
12:21clear that
12:22while Robert
12:23is on the trail
12:24of stolen
12:25masterpieces
12:26James turns
12:27his attention
12:28to looting
12:28of a different
12:29kind
12:30in March
12:351942
12:36the Nazis
12:37began rounding
12:38up and deporting
12:39the city's
12:40Jewish population
12:41to concentration
12:42camps
12:42the mass
12:44expulsions
12:45triggered another
12:45looting operation
12:46one that dwarfed
12:48their art gallery
12:49activities
12:49to find out
12:53more
12:53James Holland
12:55is meeting
12:55with Sarah
12:56Gensberger
12:56a historian
12:59shining new
12:59light
13:00on a dark
13:00and forgotten
13:01chapter
13:02of the occupation
13:03so Sarah
13:05what's going on
13:05here
13:05so here
13:06it's a very
13:07normal
13:09scene
13:09during the war
13:10in Paris
13:11they are
13:12moving from
13:13the truck
13:14some pianos
13:15taken at
13:16Jewish apartments
13:16in 1942
13:18they decided
13:19that because
13:20the final
13:22solution
13:22had started
13:23they will
13:25take all
13:25the stuff
13:26left by
13:27the Jews
13:27who were
13:28deported
13:28or the Jews
13:29escaping
13:30deportation
13:31the final
13:33solution
13:34was the
13:34Nazi plan
13:35to exterminate
13:36the Jewish
13:36people
13:37across Paris
13:39thousands
13:39of Jewish
13:40homes
13:40were left
13:41wide open
13:41to the Nazis
13:42who turned
13:43looting them
13:44into an
13:45industry
13:45truckloads
13:47of art
13:48furniture
13:49valuables
13:50and even
13:50housewares
13:51were seized
13:52how many
13:54apartments
13:54and houses
13:55are we talking
13:56about
13:56almost 40,000
13:58apartments
13:58in Paris
13:59and they just
13:59cleared them
14:00all out
14:00they cleared
14:01them out
14:01originally
14:04the Nazis
14:05planned to
14:05give these
14:06possessions
14:06to German
14:07settlers
14:07and conquered
14:08territories
14:09but when the
14:11tide of war
14:12turned
14:12and the Allies
14:13began bombing
14:14German cities
14:15the plunder
14:17from Paris
14:18had a new
14:19function
14:19after the
14:24bombing
14:24it was also
14:25a way
14:25to compensate
14:25people
14:26in German
14:27cities
14:28with new
14:29things
14:29to settle
14:30their
14:30home
14:32I'm a German
14:32family
14:33I live in
14:33Hamburg
14:34and my house
14:34has been
14:35blown up
14:35and I haven't
14:36got any
14:36furniture
14:36well that's
14:37not a problem
14:38because we've
14:38got some
14:38furniture
14:38coming from
14:39France
14:39exactly
14:40once sorted
14:43the looted
14:44goods were
14:45crated up
14:46for shipment
14:46to Germany
14:47this looks
14:48like something
14:48out of
14:49Raiders of the
14:49Lost Ark
14:50doesn't it
14:50I mean
14:50these huge
14:51stacks of
14:51crates
14:52it's sorted
14:53by
14:54wood
14:54so now
14:55these crates
14:56are kitchen
14:56stone seals
14:57that's amazing
14:58and look at
15:00these so toys
15:01I mean
15:01it's
15:02heartbreaking
15:03isn't it
15:04to see this
15:04but
15:05it does underline
15:06the fact that
15:06the Germans
15:07are taking
15:07absolutely
15:08everything
15:09from these
15:10properties
15:10the apartments
15:11were empty
15:12but I mean
15:13empty
15:13empty
15:14empty
15:14empty
15:14I've got a report
15:18here on
15:18furniture
15:19and household
15:20goods
15:20looted
15:21from Jewish
15:21properties
15:22just up to
15:23the end
15:23of 1943
15:24and I've got to say
15:25the figures
15:25are staggering
15:26they managed to
15:28steal
15:28the best part
15:29of a million
15:30cubic meters
15:31worth
15:32of furniture
15:33and household
15:34goods
15:34and then
15:35this was
15:36shipped out
15:36on nearly
15:3723,500
15:38wagons
15:40which equated
15:41to 589
15:43freight trains
15:44so that's
15:44well over
15:45more than
15:46one a day
15:46disappearing
15:47out of Paris
15:48stuffed full
15:49of stolen
15:50furniture
15:51the next stop
15:52was Germany
15:53all looted
15:57items were
15:57meticulously
15:58recorded
15:59by the Nazis
16:00among the
16:02thousands
16:02of Jewish
16:03households
16:03victimized
16:04by Nazi
16:04looting
16:05was that
16:06of Jean-Pierre
16:06Hahn
16:07a prominent
16:08local diamond
16:09merchant
16:09investigative
16:11journalist
16:12Connor Woodman
16:13has come to
16:14Paris
16:14to meet
16:14his granddaughter
16:15Elizabeth
16:15and hear
16:17her family's
16:18story
16:18Elizabeth
16:19hi
16:20Connor
16:20so nice to
16:21meet you
16:22nice to
16:22meet you
16:23for 11 beasts
16:23where your
16:24grandfather
16:24had his
16:24apartment
16:25amazing
16:26isn't it
16:26yeah
16:27they moved
16:27here in
16:281934
16:28and escaped
16:30and escaped
16:31when the Germans
16:31came
16:32wow
16:32when war
16:34broke out
16:35Hahn feared
16:36the worst
16:36but he
16:38couldn't
16:38leave the
16:38country
16:39it was 1940
16:42so my
16:42grandfather
16:43was 44
16:44years old
16:45and you
16:47could be
16:47conscripted
16:48into the army
16:48until the age
16:49of 45
16:50and so they
16:50said you
16:51can't leave
16:51he begged
16:52my grandmother
16:53to go through
16:54without him
16:55with the children
16:55and she refused
16:57she said we
16:58stay together
16:59as a family
16:59after the
17:01French surrender
17:02Hahn knew
17:03they had to
17:04escape the
17:04country as
17:05soon as
17:05possible
17:06or face
17:07deadly
17:07consequences
17:08at the
17:08hands of
17:09the Nazis
17:09so how did
17:14your family
17:15eventually
17:15escape
17:16from
17:17France
17:17they went
17:18through Spain
17:18and they
17:19got out
17:20presumably
17:20traveling light
17:21yeah
17:21so a lot
17:22of stuff
17:22gets left
17:23behind
17:23yes
17:24in the rush
17:27to escape
17:28the family
17:29was forced
17:29to abandon
17:30the paintings
17:31antique furniture
17:32and handmade
17:34carpets
17:34and Hahn
17:36was also
17:36compelled
17:37to leave
17:37behind
17:38the lifeblood
17:38of the
17:39family business
17:40what about
17:42the diamonds
17:42he's a diamond
17:43merchant
17:44he's gonna
17:44have diamonds
17:45there's
17:45this very
17:46famous story
17:47in our family
17:48about
17:49this bag
17:50of diamonds
17:50that he
17:51didn't want
17:51to take
17:52with him
17:52because
17:53they could
17:54be taken
17:54when they
17:55got to
17:55the border
17:55of course
17:56Hahn
17:58couldn't
17:58take the bag
17:59of diamonds
17:59into exile
18:00for fear
18:01they would
18:01be confiscated
18:02at the
18:02Spanish border
18:03but he
18:04refused
18:04to simply
18:05leave them
18:05behind
18:05to be seized
18:06by the
18:06Nazis
18:07out of time
18:09and out
18:10of options
18:10he rolled
18:11the dice
18:11on an
18:12ingenious
18:12plan
18:13to save
18:13the family
18:14fortune
18:23journalist
18:28connor
18:28woodman
18:29is
18:29investigating
18:30the story
18:30of prominent
18:31paris diamond
18:32merchant
18:32jean-pierre
18:33Hahn
18:33whose family
18:34was forced
18:35to abandon
18:36their home
18:36and personal
18:37treasures
18:37to nazi
18:38looters
18:39it's june
18:431940
18:44and paris
18:45is falling
18:45into the
18:46hands of
18:46the nazis
18:46like thousands
18:48of other
18:48parisians
18:49jean-pierre
18:50Hahn
18:50is working
18:51out how
18:51he can get
18:52his young
18:52family to
18:53safety
18:53the problem
18:54is what
18:55to do
18:56with his
18:56precious
18:56diamonds
18:57he can't
18:58risk having
18:58them fall
18:59into the
18:59hands of
18:59the nazis
19:00so he
19:00comes up
19:01with a
19:01cunning
19:02plan
19:02he melts
19:04some grease
19:04in the
19:05bottom
19:05of a
19:06jar
19:06and when
19:07the grease
19:08is liquid
19:08he drops
19:11the diamonds
19:12in
19:12one by
19:13one
19:14when it
19:15sets again
19:15the diamonds
19:16are hidden
19:17inside
19:17and he
19:18gives the
19:19jar
19:19to his
19:19friend
19:20and asks
19:20him to
19:21hide it
19:21for him
19:21he vows
19:23that one
19:23day
19:23he'll
19:24return
19:24to collect
19:25his diamonds
19:25and then
19:26he takes
19:26his family
19:27and flees
19:28now all
19:29he can
19:30do
19:30his hope
19:32for the
19:32best
19:32Hans'
19:37granddaughter
19:37Elizabeth
19:38recalls
19:39what happened
19:39next
19:40after the
19:42war
19:42my grandfather
19:43did come
19:43back
19:44to see
19:44this friend
19:45and he
19:45said
19:45you know
19:46you by
19:47any chance
19:48have that
19:49bottle
19:49that I
19:50asked you
19:50to hold
19:50for me
19:51during the
19:51war
19:52and he
19:52said
19:52oh yes
19:53I think
19:54it's
19:54somewhere
19:54and
19:54dug it
19:56up out
19:56of the
19:56back
19:56of a
19:57cupboard
19:57and
19:57my
19:58grandfather
19:59melted
19:59it
20:00and
20:01there
20:01were
20:01all
20:01the
20:01diamonds
20:02he
20:04washed
20:04off
20:04the
20:04grease
20:05and
20:05told
20:05his
20:06friend
20:06take
20:06a few
20:07thank
20:08you
20:08for
20:08keeping
20:09these
20:09for me
20:09it's
20:10an amazing
20:11story
20:11wow
20:12a little
20:12glimmer
20:13of humanity
20:14absolutely
20:14you know
20:15when
20:15I guess
20:16you could
20:16have lost
20:16all faith
20:17in humanity
20:17having been
20:18through
20:18what he
20:19went
20:19through
20:19Hans'
20:21quick
20:21thinking
20:22saved
20:22a fortune
20:23in diamonds
20:23from falling
20:24into Nazi
20:25hands
20:25but the
20:28family
20:28had been
20:29forced
20:29to leave
20:30many
20:30other
20:30valuables
20:31behind
20:31in their
20:32home
20:32easy
20:33pickings
20:34for the
20:34Nazis
20:35well-oiled
20:35looting
20:36operation
20:36when they
20:38did finally
20:39come back
20:40to their
20:40apartment
20:41in Paris
20:41it was
20:42pretty much
20:43emptied
20:44out
20:44they stole
20:45any
20:45silver
20:46they could
20:47all of
20:47the
20:47religious
20:48artifacts
20:49the
20:49menorah
20:50paintings
20:51and
20:51carpets
20:52furniture
20:53as well
20:53in the
20:551950s
20:56the
20:57Han
20:57family
20:57recovered
20:58these
20:58two
20:58artworks
20:59when they
20:59were spotted
21:00at an
21:00auction
21:01by her
21:01great
21:01uncle
21:02but other
21:03treasures
21:03remain
21:04missing
21:04and
21:05Elizabeth
21:05is
21:06continuing
21:06the
21:07search
21:07she's
21:08tracked
21:09down
21:09the
21:09original
21:10Nazi
21:10records
21:10detailing
21:11what
21:11items
21:12were
21:12stolen
21:12from
21:13her
21:13family
21:13that's
21:15your
21:15family
21:15name
21:15up
21:16there
21:16this
21:17is
21:17the
21:17inventory
21:17number
21:18the
21:18HAH
21:19and
21:20then
21:20a
21:21number
21:21so
21:23we
21:23know
21:23from
21:23these
21:23cars
21:24that
21:24there
21:24were
21:2413
21:25paintings
21:25three
21:26carpets
21:26taken
21:26from
21:27your
21:28grandparents
21:28possession
21:29it's
21:31quite
21:31possible
21:31then
21:31that
21:31all
21:32that
21:32stuff
21:32is
21:32just
21:33still
21:33out
21:33there
21:33circulating
21:34in
21:35I guess
21:35so
21:36I hope
21:37not
21:38more than
21:3970 years
21:40after they
21:40were seized
21:41well
21:41with all
21:42the records
21:42and corresponding
21:43artwork
21:44we know
21:44what we're
21:45looking
21:45for
21:46Connor
21:47is going
21:47to search
21:48for the
21:48Han
21:48family's
21:49stolen
21:49treasures
21:50as
21:53Connor
21:53begins
21:53his
21:54investigation
21:54Robert
21:56Edsel
21:56continues
21:57his
21:57hunt
21:57for
21:58masterpieces
21:58looted
21:59from the
21:59Paul Rosenberg
22:00collection
22:00he's come
22:02to the
22:03Jeux
22:03Dupont
22:03museum
22:04which the
22:05Nazis
22:05used
22:05as a
22:06clearing
22:06house
22:06for the
22:07greatest
22:07artworks
22:08looted
22:08from
22:09France
22:09a
22:11frequent
22:11visitor
22:12was
22:12Hermann
22:12Goering
22:13who came
22:14to select
22:14pieces
22:14for his
22:15own
22:15collection
22:16the
22:17Nazis
22:17brazenly
22:18photographed
22:18these
22:19visits
22:19and those
22:20photos
22:20are now
22:21the
22:21property
22:21of the
22:22National
22:22Library
22:22of France
22:23these
22:24photographs
22:25are amazing
22:26you can
22:26imagine
22:27Goering
22:28walking in
22:29and seeing
22:29hundreds of
22:30paintings
22:31his eyes
22:31must have
22:32been
22:32bulging
22:33out of
22:33his head
22:33thinking
22:34about the
22:34possibilities
22:35of adding
22:36to his
22:36collection
22:36he was
22:37so greedy
22:38for
22:38wealth
22:39of thought
22:39Robert
22:41is here
22:41to examine
22:42the photos
22:43to see
22:43if they
22:44offer
22:44any clues
22:44to
22:45Goering's
22:45mysterious
22:46interest
22:46in
22:47degenerate
22:47art
22:47this
22:49photograph
22:49was
22:50taken
22:50in
22:50November
22:511940
22:52it was
22:53the first
22:54time
22:54that
22:54Goering
22:54came
22:55first of
22:55a lot
22:56of
22:56visits
22:56because
22:57he came
22:57so many
22:58times
22:58during
23:00the war
23:01Goering
23:01made
23:01over
23:0220
23:02visits
23:02to
23:03the
23:03Jeux
23:03de
23:03Pomme
23:03auspicious
23:05occasions
23:05for the
23:06Nazis
23:06on staff
23:07who treated
23:08the
23:08Reichsmarshal
23:09like
23:09royalty
23:09you see
23:10these
23:10photographs
23:11where
23:11there's
23:11champagne
23:12sitting
23:12out
23:13on
23:13the
23:13table
23:13yes
23:14and
23:14you
23:14saw
23:15the
23:15cigar
23:15too
23:15here
23:16so
23:17it
23:17was
23:18really
23:18that
23:18if
23:19Goering
23:19was in
23:20a showroom
23:20and
23:21wanted
23:21to make
23:21some
23:21shopping
23:22no
23:22Goering
23:25selected
23:25an estimated
23:26600
23:27artworks
23:28from the
23:28Jeux
23:28de Pomme
23:29most
23:30by the
23:30old
23:30masters
23:31however
23:32some
23:33photographs
23:34show
23:34Goering
23:34looking at
23:35post-impressionist
23:36and modern
23:36art
23:37the kind
23:38despised
23:38by Hitler
23:39and officially
23:40banned
23:40from Germany
23:41the gallery
23:42of Paul
23:43Rosenberg
23:44was absolutely
23:46looted
23:46and so
23:47the paintings
23:48came to
23:49the Jeux de Pomme
23:49the Rosenberg
23:51collection
23:52and other
23:52so-called
23:53degenerate art
23:54was kept
23:55in a gallery
23:55the French
23:56called
23:56the Room
23:57of the Martyrs
23:58you can
23:59recognize
23:59different
24:00painters
24:01Picasso
24:02Koshka
24:03these
24:04degenerate
24:05works
24:05Hitler
24:06looked at
24:07them
24:07like they
24:07were going
24:08to spoil
24:08people's
24:09mind
24:09yes
24:10of course
24:10and yet
24:11here
24:11Goering
24:12is
24:12mesmerized
24:13by these
24:13two
24:13masterpieces
24:14by Matisse
24:15who was
24:16of course
24:17considered
24:18by Hitler
24:18one of
24:19the
24:19degenerate
24:19artists
24:20and this
24:22fellow
24:22who was
24:23actually
24:23holding
24:24the paintings
24:24appears
24:25in almost
24:26all of
24:26the photographs
24:27Bruno
24:28Losa
24:28was a
24:29historian
24:29of art
24:30so
24:30Goering
24:31chose
24:31him
24:32to
24:32as
24:32a
24:32counselor
24:33artistic
24:33counselor
24:34Bruno
24:36Losa
24:37was a
24:37Berlin
24:38art
24:38dealer
24:38and
24:39member
24:39of
24:39the
24:39Nazi
24:40party
24:40an
24:41opportunist
24:42with
24:42expensive
24:43taste
24:43he was
24:44sent to
24:44Paris
24:45in 1940
24:46to put
24:46his skills
24:47to use
24:47sorting
24:48through
24:48looted
24:48art
24:49there
24:50he met
24:50Goering
24:51the
24:52two
24:52became
24:52fast
24:53friends
24:53and
24:53it
24:54was
24:54Losa
24:54who
24:54arranged
24:55the
24:55Rikes
24:55marshal's
24:56viewings
24:56and
24:57shady
24:57deals
24:57I don't
24:59think
24:59there's
24:59a
24:59photograph
25:00we've
25:00got
25:00here
25:00that
25:00he's
25:01not
25:01in
25:01there's
25:03another
25:03he's
25:04here
25:04too
25:04Losa
25:05Losa
25:06Losa
25:06it
25:08appears
25:09he's
25:09a key
25:10figure
25:10in
25:11understanding
25:11this
25:12whole
25:12theft
25:13yes
25:13it's
25:13true
25:13to
25:16find out
25:17what
25:17happened
25:17to the
25:18Rosenberg
25:18treasures
25:19Robert
25:20will
25:20have
25:20to
25:20hunt
25:21down
25:21the
25:21shadowy
25:22Bruno
25:22Losa
25:23the
25:34team
25:35is
25:35on
25:35the
25:35hunt
25:35for
25:36treasures
25:36seized
25:37by
25:37the
25:37Nazis
25:37during
25:38the
25:38brutal
25:38four-year
25:39occupation
25:39of
25:40Paris
25:40the
25:42Nazis
25:42plunder
25:43of the
25:43city
25:43went
25:44far
25:44beyond
25:44art
25:45and
25:45personal
25:45treasures
25:46they
25:47seized
25:47thousands
25:48of
25:48cars
25:49millions
25:49of
25:50tons
25:50of
25:50fuel
25:51and
25:51even
25:51food
25:52and
25:53they
25:54did
25:54it
25:54all
25:54while
25:54treating
25:55Paris
25:55like a
25:56holiday
25:56playground
25:57to
25:59to learn
25:59more
25:59more
25:59james
26:00james
26:00james
26:00james
26:00is
26:00meeting
26:00with
26:01author
26:01Anne
26:01Seba
26:02who
26:02has
26:03written
26:03a
26:03best
26:03selling
26:04book
26:04about
26:04the
26:04nazi
26:05occupation
26:05paris
26:08paris
26:08paris
26:08was a
26:08fun
26:09city
26:09for
26:09german
26:10troops
26:10wasn't
26:10it
26:10i mean
26:11you
26:11know
26:11we've
26:11got
26:11this
26:11booklet
26:12here
26:12i mean
26:12it's
26:12just
26:13fascinating
26:13this
26:14is
26:14the
26:14kind
26:14of
26:14what's
26:15on
26:15guide
26:15and
26:16look
26:16how
26:17much
26:17is
26:18going
26:18on
26:18it's
26:19phenomenal
26:20the
26:22nazis
26:22published
26:23a monthly
26:23tourist
26:24guide
26:25for
26:25soldiers
26:25visiting
26:26the
26:26city
26:26filled
26:27with
26:27recommendations
26:28for
26:28a
26:29dizzying
26:29array
26:29of
26:30restaurants
26:30plays
26:31exhibitions
26:32cabarets
26:34and
26:34even
26:35brothels
26:35there
26:36were
26:37200
26:37brothels
26:38they
26:39introduced
26:39a new
26:40exchange
26:41rate
26:41highly
26:41favourable
26:42of course
26:42to the
26:43germans
26:43so
26:43it
26:44was
26:44heaven
26:46for
26:46them
26:46to
26:46come
26:47to
26:47paris
26:47so
26:49you
26:49have
26:49just
26:49got
26:49these
26:50sort
26:50of
26:50hordes
26:51of
26:51soldiers
26:51coming
26:52in
26:52and
26:52basically
26:53taking
26:53over
26:53your
26:54city
26:54precisely
26:54but
26:56also
26:57at the
26:57same
26:58time
26:58they're
26:58stealing
26:58and
26:59they're
26:59looting
26:59and
27:00they're
27:00taking
27:00away
27:00everything
27:01they
27:01can
27:01from
27:02high
27:02art
27:03to
27:04children's
27:05doll's
27:05houses
27:06in
27:091942
27:10the
27:11tide
27:11of
27:11war
27:11turned
27:12and
27:15nazi
27:16motives
27:16for
27:16stealing
27:17turned
27:17from
27:18greed
27:18to
27:18necessity
27:19vast
27:20amounts
27:21of
27:21fuel
27:21food
27:22and
27:22other
27:23resources
27:23were
27:23needed
27:24to
27:24keep
27:24up
27:24the
27:25fight
27:25how
27:30hard
27:31was
27:31life
27:31you know
27:32as it
27:32progressed
27:32it
27:33was
27:33really
27:33hard
27:33not
27:34many
27:34people
27:34had
27:35enough
27:35to
27:35eat
27:35many
27:36people
27:37in
27:37paris
27:37were
27:38reduced
27:38to
27:38these
27:39awful
27:39root
27:40vegetables
27:40that
27:40should
27:41really
27:41be
27:41given
27:41to
27:41the
27:42pigs
27:42the
27:42Germans
27:43had
27:43stolen
27:44all
27:44of
27:44the
27:44food
27:45they
27:45were
27:45shipping
27:45it
27:46back
27:46to
27:46Germany
27:47the
27:47numbers
27:48are
27:48staggering
27:49a
27:49city
27:50that
27:50once
27:50boasted
27:50some
27:51350,000
27:52vehicles
27:53on its
27:53streets
27:54had
27:54fewer
27:54than
27:544,500
27:55by the
27:56end
27:56of
27:56the
27:56war
27:57coal
27:59for
27:59heating
28:00became
28:00almost
28:00impossible
28:01to
28:01obtain
28:02and
28:03a
28:03full
28:0320%
28:04of the
28:04city's
28:05food
28:05was
28:05seized
28:06the
28:07Germans
28:07in
28:08Paris
28:08they're
28:08like
28:08a swarm
28:09of
28:09locusts
28:09aren't
28:10they
28:10they're
28:10coming
28:10in
28:10and
28:10just
28:10sort
28:11of
28:11clearing
28:11out
28:11the
28:11whole
28:11place
28:12and
28:12all
28:12that's
28:12left
28:13are
28:13the
28:13buildings
28:13and
28:14the
28:14survivors
28:14who've
28:15managed
28:15to hold
28:15on
28:16by and
28:16large
28:16I think
28:17that's
28:17exactly
28:17what it
28:18was
28:18yes
28:18they
28:19sucked
28:19it
28:19dry
28:19piece
28:22by
28:34looted
28:35from
28:35the
28:35Han
28:36family
28:36yes
28:38yes
28:39I
28:39always
28:40loved
28:40this
28:40market
28:40I
28:41love
28:41free
28:42markets
28:42Sharon
28:43Adler
28:44runs
28:44a
28:44unique
28:44organization
28:45what
28:46kind
28:46of
28:46things
28:46are
28:47you
28:47looking
28:47for
28:47in
28:48a
28:48market
28:48like
28:48this
28:48what
28:48are
28:49the
28:49sort
28:49of
28:49give
28:49aways
28:50it's
28:50things
28:50like
28:50the
28:51menorah
28:51for
28:52instance
28:53she
28:53helps
28:54recover
28:54Nazi
28:54looted
28:55property
28:55and
28:56uses
28:56it
28:57to
28:57fund
28:57Jewish
28:57artists
28:58today
28:59this
29:00is
29:00not
29:01a
29:01menorah
29:01but
29:01this
29:02is
29:02for
29:02sure
29:02this
29:02is
29:03Jewish
29:03Sharon
29:06believes
29:06a huge
29:07amount
29:07of
29:07looted
29:08property
29:08has
29:09found
29:09its
29:09way
29:09into
29:10ordinary
29:10flea
29:11markets
29:11like
29:11this
29:11one
29:12so
29:24this
29:25is
29:25cutlery
29:25from
29:25the
29:261930s
29:27there's
29:27so much
29:27of it
29:28you have
29:28to
29:28assume
29:28some
29:29of
29:29that
29:29has
29:30come
29:30from
29:30the
29:30Jewish
29:30household
29:31where
29:31do
29:32you
29:32get
29:32it
29:32all
29:32from
29:32how much
29:50of the
29:50stuff
29:50that may
29:51have
29:51been
29:51looted
29:51during
29:51the
29:52war
29:52do you
29:52think
29:52is
29:52in
29:53Germany
29:53now
29:54oh
29:55that's
29:56really
29:56hard
29:56to
29:56say
29:57but
29:57I
29:57think
29:57that
29:58every
29:58German
29:58household
29:59has
29:59at least
30:00a piece
30:01one
30:01piece
30:02which
30:02belongs
30:03to a
30:04Jewish
30:04family
30:04over the
30:0570 years
30:06in between
30:06everything's
30:07just got so
30:08spread out
30:08yes
30:09yes
30:09yes
30:09wow
30:10yeah
30:10see something in there
30:23oh yes
30:23wow
30:24the
30:25Han
30:25the Han
30:25family in Paris
30:26they were
30:27missing
30:27Adrenora
30:28it says
30:33something
30:34so I wonder
30:35if that was
30:35the family
30:35marking it
30:37wow
30:38I mean
30:39that is
30:39chilling
30:40in Asia
30:40there is all
30:43the evidence
30:43that you need
30:44that there is
30:44that there is
30:45stuff on this
30:46market
30:46from Jewish
30:46households
30:47right
30:47there's no doubt
30:48and no Jewish
30:50family would sell
30:51it on the market
30:52no you would
30:53inherit it
30:53you would give it
30:54from family
30:54to family
30:55so the poor
30:56thing
30:57came from
30:58a Jewish
30:58family
30:59yes
30:59yeah
30:59if Sharon
31:02is right
31:03random
31:04Nazi plunder
31:05could be found
31:06in flea markets
31:06like this one
31:07all over Germany
31:08but finding
31:10something specific
31:11that belonged
31:12to the Han
31:13family
31:13paintings
31:15antique furniture
31:16and hand-woven
31:17carpets
31:18is much more
31:19difficult
31:19the hunt
31:22will next
31:22take Connor
31:23into an
31:23extraordinary
31:24storage facility
31:25Connor is on
31:39the hunt
31:39for treasures
31:40looted by the
31:41Nazis
31:41from Paris
31:42during the
31:43Second World War
31:44I see something
31:45in there
31:45oh yes
31:46whoa
31:46the Han
31:47family in
31:47Paris
31:48they were
31:48missing
31:49in
31:49Norah
31:49the poor
31:50thing
31:51came from
31:51a Jewish
31:52family
31:52art
31:54restitution
31:55expert
31:55Dorothy
31:56Schneider
31:56has joined
31:57Connor
31:57in Berlin
31:58to chase
31:59a new
31:59lead
31:59so Dorothy
32:00what is this
32:01place
32:01we're going to see
32:02this afternoon
32:03it's a place
32:04it's a place
32:04full of treasure
32:05from World War
32:06II
32:06most of it
32:07looted
32:08it's exactly
32:08what we were
32:09looking for
32:10in 1945
32:13a specialized
32:15allied unit
32:16the monuments
32:17men
32:17found mountains
32:18of looted
32:19treasure
32:19scattered all
32:20over Europe
32:21nearly four million
32:26recovered objects
32:27were sorted
32:28identified
32:28and returned
32:29to their countries
32:30of origin
32:31but despite their best efforts
32:34thousands remained unclaimed
32:36and today
32:38many are kept here
32:40so this is a storage room
32:42for artworks
32:44which was established
32:45by the American allies
32:46right after World War II
32:48this is the federal office
32:51of unresolved property issues
32:53run by the German government
32:56it contains a wide variety
32:58of objects
32:59from the Nazi era
33:00including Hitler's desk
33:02and a huge carpet
33:04that once belonged to Goring
33:05the staff believes
33:08most of these objects
33:09were looted
33:09and it's their job
33:11to reunite them
33:11with the rightful owners
33:13but with little documentation
33:15it's a difficult task
33:17these are the orphans
33:20of the greatest theft
33:21in history
33:22this room
33:26where we have
33:27mostly tapestry
33:28furnitures
33:30carpets
33:31carpets
33:32and have you done
33:35a lot of research
33:36on carpets?
33:37no
33:37not yet
33:38because they just
33:39came in last year
33:40so you're still
33:41receiving stuff now
33:42yeah
33:42there's still stuff
33:43coming in
33:43but unfortunately
33:45we got them
33:45without documentation
33:47so we really have to
33:49start from the scratch
33:50when I met
33:51the Hahn family
33:52in Paris
33:52they were missing
33:53three carpets
33:54back in Paris
33:57Elizabeth Hahn
33:59gave Connor
33:59copies of the Nazi records
34:01of her family's
34:02looted carpets
34:03but the written
34:05descriptions
34:05are brief
34:06it's really difficult
34:08it's really difficult
34:08to say
34:09okay
34:09this was lying
34:10in the house
34:12of this and this person
34:13only if you
34:14are lucky
34:15and find on a picture
34:17that this is the same
34:19like we have
34:21in our storage room
34:21it's really difficult
34:22the lack of photos
34:25makes determining
34:26whether any of these
34:27carpets belong
34:28to the Hahn family
34:29next to impossible
34:30but when photo evidence
34:33does exist
34:34the office of unresolved
34:36property can right
34:37decades old wrongs
34:39I would like to show you
34:40this example
34:41an Italian table
34:43from the 16th century
34:44oh is this an original
34:45photo of the desk
34:46from back in the war years
34:48yep
34:48and a colleague of mine
34:49she called
34:50said
34:50I found this desk
34:51doing research
34:52Harry Fult
34:54a Jew
34:54in Great Britain
34:55where he emigrated
34:57and were you able
34:58to restitute it
34:59yes
35:00to the heirs
35:01of Harry Fult
35:02oh wow
35:02amazing
35:03yep
35:03the unresolved
35:06property database
35:07has launched online
35:09meaning anyone
35:10can now join
35:11in the effort
35:11to return looted treasures
35:13you know
35:14what I really get
35:15from my visit here
35:16is what a revolving
35:17door restitution is
35:19you know
35:19and Helica
35:20and her team
35:21are still restituting
35:22pieces of art now
35:2370 years after the war
35:25has ended
35:25what's even more amazing
35:27is they're still getting
35:28pieces of art
35:29sent here now
35:30you know
35:31which in terms of
35:32Elizabeth Hahn
35:33and her family
35:34looking for their
35:35missing art pieces
35:36or indeed
35:36anyone
35:37who believes
35:38that they had art
35:40stolen from their
35:41family during the war
35:42what this place
35:43really gives me
35:44is a sense of hope
35:45but before the office
35:49can return artworks
35:50they first
35:52have to be recovered
35:53to find out
35:56what happened
35:57to the stolen
35:57masterpieces
35:58of the Paul Rosenberg
35:59collection
36:00Robert has returned
36:01to Paris
36:02to meet with
36:03Philippe Spreng
36:04Philippe, salut
36:05a local journalist
36:06who's been investigating
36:07his prime suspect
36:09Nazi art dealer
36:10Bruno Losa
36:11for more than
36:1220 years
36:12Philippe, tell me about
36:16this fellow
36:16Bruno Losa
36:17he's a shady
36:18shady character
36:19as well
36:20he's an opportunist
36:21so he saw the SS
36:22and the Nazi regime
36:23is good for him
36:24so he got into it
36:25afterwards
36:26he went to
36:27to be the assistant
36:28of Goering
36:29for his looting
36:30as Goering's
36:33personal art dealer
36:34Losa was afforded
36:35unique privileges
36:36he wore stylish
36:38street clothes
36:39instead of the requisite
36:40military uniform
36:41he was given
36:43a private car
36:44and more
36:45he's got no shame
36:47at all
36:48he goes to
36:48the Jeu de Pomme
36:49and he get out
36:50some stuff
36:50to do
36:51furniture
36:51some silver
36:53some rugs
36:53he's taking some stuff
36:55to furnish his apartment
36:56and that's not all
36:59Losa and Goering
37:01recognized
37:02that degenerate art
37:03even if it was
37:04banned by Hitler
37:05still had enormous value
37:07art dealers
37:08they wait for opportunities
37:09so what he does
37:11he says
37:11well
37:11Christianist
37:12not too much
37:13of Hitler's style
37:15the Nazi regime
37:16they rather like
37:17old stuff
37:18you know
37:1817th century
37:19and so forth
37:20old master paintings
37:21so Losa
37:21makes change
37:22impressionist
37:23for old masters
37:24Bruno Losa
37:26was part of a
37:27black market
37:28barter system
37:29secretly trading
37:30banned degenerate art
37:32for approved works
37:33by the old masters
37:34that Goering
37:35could add
37:35to his personal collection
37:36and Hitler's own
37:39second in command
37:40was in on the scheme
37:41we know now
37:43that Goering
37:44wasn't that stupid
37:45and he kept
37:46some matthews
37:47and he exchanged
37:47it for some
37:48old styles
37:50so some of these
37:50paintings that Hitler
37:51considered degenerate
37:52that he'd thrown out
37:54of the German museums
37:55yes
37:55Gary didn't have
37:57any reservation
37:58about capitalizing
37:59on those opportunities
38:00if he could use them
38:00for exchange
38:01ironically
38:03the trades organized
38:04by Losa and Goering
38:05would be considered
38:06disastrous deals today
38:08in one instance
38:1025 impressionist
38:12and modern paintings
38:13were traded
38:14for just two tapestries
38:15and one old master
38:17still life of Matisse
38:19today a painting
38:20like that by Matisse
38:21would be worth
38:215 million dollars
38:2210 million dollars
38:23exactly
38:23Losa however
38:25recognized the enormous
38:27value of degenerate art
38:28on the world market
38:29and took every advantage
38:33of the immense
38:34treasure trove
38:34held at the Jeux de Pond
38:36for himself
38:36sometimes he kept
38:37a few artworks
38:38which were despised
38:40at the time
38:40right
38:41he's making deals
38:42on the side
38:43besides what the Nazis
38:44were doing
38:44always always always
38:45do you think
38:46anyone knew
38:46what he was doing
38:47yes
38:48he was very cautious
38:49but still
38:49he didn't know
38:50Rose Vallon
38:51was watching
38:52the French resistance
38:53was aware
38:54of Losa's activities
38:55Rose Vallon
38:57an underground operative
38:59working in the Jeux de Pond
39:00kept a close watch
39:02on Losa
39:02and recorded
39:03his every move
39:04among Vallon's notes
39:09Robert finds a clue
39:10she talks here
39:12about Rosenberg
39:13yes
39:13he took some paintings
39:14from the collection
39:16of Rosenberg
39:16yeah
39:17Robert has just uncovered
39:33compelling evidence
39:35that Bruno Losa
39:36seized paintings
39:37from the Paul Rosenberg
39:38collection
39:38masterpieces
39:40that remain missing
39:41today
39:42Rose Vallon
39:43was wise to him
39:44she talks here
39:45about Rosenberg
39:46yes
39:46he took some paintings
39:48from the collection
39:49of Rosenberg
39:50yeah
39:50the question is
39:52what did he do
39:53with them
39:53she notes
39:54it was taken out
39:55by Losa
39:56but they were not
39:57brought back
39:58and she's wondering
39:59where they're sold
40:00where's that exchange
40:02where did he put
40:03that towards
40:03she doesn't know
40:04after the war
40:06Losa was captured
40:07by the allies
40:08in Germany
40:09he testified
40:11against Goering
40:12at Nuremberg
40:13in exchange
40:14for clemency
40:15afterward
40:17he was extradited
40:18to France
40:19to face justice
40:20for his part
40:21in the Jeux de Pomme
40:21operation
40:22there
40:23there was an investigation
40:24so he's locked up
40:26and did five years
40:27in prison in France
40:28on his release
40:30in 1950
40:31he returned to Germany
40:32where the unthinkable
40:34happened
40:34normally
40:35when you've done that
40:37you should be
40:38the black sheep
40:39of the market
40:40but him
40:41no
40:41I mean
40:42he had some experience
40:43he had some connection
40:43he managed to get back
40:46into his business
40:46in Germany
40:47incredible
40:47yeah
40:48Losa settled in Munich
40:51and began working
40:52as an art advisor
40:53to wealthy collectors
40:54including a number
40:57of his old
40:57Nazi colleagues
40:58he was
41:00until he died
41:01very much involved
41:02in his collection
41:02he was
41:04he was an important
41:05operator
41:05yes
41:06Bruno Losa
41:08remained a quiet fixture
41:09on the European art scene
41:10for the next 50 years
41:12but was always pursued
41:13by rumors
41:14of stacks of stolen art
41:16from the war
41:16he had stashed away
41:18as a pension plan
41:19he died in
41:212007
41:22at age 96
41:23perhaps taking with him
41:25the secret of what happened
41:26to the masterpieces
41:27looted from the
41:28Paul Rosenberg collection
41:30you've been investigating
41:31this for so many years now
41:33do you think
41:33that there's still
41:34paintings that he
41:35looted up there
41:36well
41:36we know that he had
41:37some stuff
41:37but where
41:38where did he put it
41:39afterwards
41:39who knows
41:40the investigation
41:47has taken the team
41:48from Paris
41:49to Washington DC
41:51to Berlin
41:53the hunt
41:55has shed new light
41:56on the thousands
41:57of personal treasures
41:58and masterpieces
41:59looted from Paris
42:00that remain missing today
42:02there's still tens of thousands
42:12of works floating around
42:13out there today
42:14and in case you need
42:15any proof
42:16take a look at this
42:17an article from 2007
42:21announcing the discovery
42:24of a safety deposit box
42:26in Switzerland
42:27that contained 14
42:28priceless impressionist paintings
42:30including this painting
42:31by Camille Pizzotto
42:33one of the great
42:35post-impressionist painters
42:36this painting worth
42:37millions of dollars
42:38the owner of the safety
42:41deposit box
42:42none other than
42:44Bruno Losa
42:44the art advisor
42:47to Hermann Goering
42:48who had these paintings
42:50in this box
42:51for we don't know
42:53how long
42:53in addition to the
42:55Pissarro
42:56Swiss authorities
42:57recovered 13 other
42:59paintings
42:59including masterpieces
43:01by Renoir
43:01and Monet
43:02but there was no sign
43:04of any artwork
43:05from the Paul Rosenberg
43:06collection
43:06more alarming
43:08investigators found evidence
43:10the locker had contained
43:11as many as 47 artworks
43:14most removed and sold
43:16before the locker's discovery
43:17and perhaps
43:19still circulating
43:20on the black market today
43:22this whole discovery
43:23just reinforces the fact
43:25that these works of art
43:27are surfacing
43:28and our efforts
43:29and those of others
43:30are going to continue
43:31until we find
43:33the missing works of art
43:34from World War II
43:36and the missing work
43:38is
43:39the only thing
43:40I'm sure
43:41to check out
43:42in the room
43:42is
43:42a certain group
43:42for the
43:43and
43:44to tell you
43:44from the
43:45if it's okay
43:46you can't hear
43:47about it
43:48when you're out
43:48of a
43:48the
43:49you can't hear
43:49you can't hear
43:50from the
43:50you can't hear
43:51the fact
43:52you can't hear
43:53you can't hear
43:54the fact
43:54but it's a
43:55the fact
43:56and you can't hear
43:56from the
43:57that
43:57what's
43:58going to
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