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Ilaria Dagnini Brey

Ilaria Dagnini Brey learned of the "Venus Fixers," the subject of her 2009 book while researching the 1944 bombing of Ovetari Chapel in Padua, her hometown.

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Troops encountered ruin across Europe (in Palermo, the bombed-out church of Sant’Ignazio). In that city, recalled war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, “buildings were smashed into the street as far as one could see.”

How the Monuments Men Saved Italy’s Treasures

As Allied Forces fought the Nazis for control of Europe, an unlikely unit of American and British art experts waged a shadow campaign