Robert M. Edsel and Sam Dean

Archive from 7/6/07 – How are art and war related? During World War II, the Nazi’s looted European art treasures by the thousands. Author and film producer Robert M. Edsel tells the story of this theft and the subsequent Allied recovery in his book “Rescuing Da Vinci” (Laurel, 2006) and the documentary film “The Rape of Europa.” He joined us for a discussion last month.Sam Dean, Director of Special Projects at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was our guest in the Scene segment of the show. We discussed “STAR WARS: Where Science Meets Imagination” – on display until September 3rd.

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How are art and war related? During World War II, the Nazi’s looted European art treasures by the thousands. Author and film producer Robert M. Edsel tells the story of this theft and the subsequent Allied recovery in his book “Rescuing Da Vinci” (Laurel, 2006) and the documentary film “The Rape of Europa.” We’ll talk with Edsel this evening.Sam Dean, Director of Special Projects at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History will join us in the Scene segment to discuss “STAR WARS: Where Science Meets Imagination” – on display until September 3rd.

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