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The ERR and the Nazi Party鈥檚 Systematic Looting of Europe

Season 22 Episode 5 | 3m 13s

After initially joining the German Army as a soldier at the outset of World War II, Dr. Bruno Lohse 鈥 an art historian by training 鈥 was selected to join the ERR, the Nazi Party agency tasked with plundering Europe. Headquartered in Paris, the ERR carried out, in the words of journalist Hector Feliciano, 鈥渢he largest looting that has ever happened in history.鈥

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