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Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief with Jonathan Petropoulos, Hugo Macgregor, John S. Friedman and Diane M. Bolz

JL;DR SUMMARY The PBS documentary 'Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief' explores the complex history of Bruno Lohse, a German art dealer who facilitated the Nazi looting of countless artworks during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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World War IiArt RestitutionPbs DocumentaryNazi LootingBruno LohseJonathan PetropoulosNazi Art TheftPlundererHistorical CrimesArt Dealers

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Germany
"historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of German art dealer Bruno Lohse."

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