Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief
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Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief

Season 1
Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of Bruno Lohse and his role in the Nazi looting operation, interviewing Lohse himself, as well as curators, art investigators, Lohse’s associates, and descendants of the victims of Nazi art theft. Plunderer reveals the dark underbelly of the international art world. From Secrets of the Dead.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One)

    November 16, 2024
    55min
    TV-PG
    Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of former Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse, who became Hermann Göring’s personal collector in Paris, tasked with finding desirable works of art the Nazis stole from Jews. Post-war, Lohse spent a brief time in prison, but then returned to Munich and resumed his career as a dealer, more often than not trading in art looted during World War II.
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  2. S1 E2 - Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part Two)

    November 16, 2024
    55min
    TV-PG
    Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates former Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse’s role in post-war America. Lohse established relationships with curators at some of the nation’s most important cultural institutions and became an invisible hand, dealing in looted art - even as the families of the original owners pursued the restitution of works rightfully theirs.
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