The rape of Europa

Disc I. Introduction / Harry Ettlinger (7 min.)

The rape of Europa (117 min.)

The Charlie Rose show / interviews with Lynn Nicholas and Robert M. Edsel (13 min.)

Disc II. 1. The villains. Adolf Hitler ; Hitler, the artist ; Hitler and Linz ; The Nazis' plan to loot ; The Nazi looting machine ; Nazi propaganda

2. The heroes. The "Monuments Men" ; Rose Valland ; Life as a combat soldier ; The "Purple Heart Battalion"

3. The victims. Surviving the Holocaust ; The Nazis through the eyes of a boy ; The Anschluss: Vienna in 1938 ; "My grandparents"

4. Preparations. Winged Victory of Samothrace ; Evacuating the Louvre ; Guarding the Mona Lisa ; Protecting Florence's treasures ; Hiding the National Gallery's paintings

5. Theft and destruction. The battle of Monte Cassino ; Cracow and the Veit Stoss altarpiece ; The theft of the Big Three ; Protecting the wine of Tour d'Argent ; The liberation and destruction of Florence

6. Finding, returning, and rebuilding. Discovery of the Merkers mine ; Entering Alt Aussee ; The collecting points ; Warsaw Royal Palace: soul of the people ; Wawel Castle: a restoration ; Restitution: a painting returns home ; Rebirth of a cemetery: the Campo Santo

Disc III. The former Soviet Union: a special case. Never forgetting: the legacy of war ; Saving the Hermitage ; The "blockade"

8. Altmann v. Republic of Austria. Case for the prosecution: E. Randol Schoenberg ; Case for the defense: Goffried Toman ; Homecoming: Maria Altmann

9. What is art: who owns it? Why art matters ; The life of a Picasso ; Property as a symbol ; A museum's responsibility ; Understanding restitution

10. Learning from the past. Dr. Bruce Cole, chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities ; A model for the future ; Protecting our heritage ; A shabbos goy ; Finding the treasure, getting it home ; What happened in Iraq...and what didn't

11. Masterpieces and museums. Vermeer's The Astronomer ; Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine ; Van Eyck's Ghent altarpiece and Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna ; Michelangelo's David ; The Louvre in Paris ; The Hermitage in St. Petersburg ; The Uffizi in Florence ; The Czartoryski in Cracow.