Send us a textTo learn more, please visit Laura Morelli's site.Show Notes:0:00 Laura Morelli discussing the WWII era art looting1:15 genesis of writing about the looting of Florentine art collections in The Last Masterpiece 2:45 German Jewish artist Rudolph Levy as guest of German Art History Institute 4:30 Stolperstein for Levy5:00 perspectives in WWII Italy: museum officials, German expatriates and Allies8:30 German Eva Brunner and American Josephine Evans - characters in The Last Masterpiece 9:30 decisions on where to begin and end The Last Masterpiece13:30 decision to use fictional characters versus historical figures in book14:40 German Art History Institute Director Prof. Friedrich Kriegbaum16:00 Kriegbaum’s participation in Hitler’s 1938 tour of Florence18:25 Brunner’s back story20:10 German photographer Hilde Lotz-Bauer who worked for Prof. Kriegbaum photographing Allied damage to historical monuments in Florence 24:15 Evans based on Women’s Army Corp (WACs)28:25 women who worked with and supported the Monuments Men29:00 justice in terms of the individual actions and decisions that enabled the survival of art looted during WWII31:30 books by Robert Edsel and Ilaria Dagnini Brey32:15 survival bias 33:30 van Dyck painting33:40 Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt’s work for Germany to return looted Dutch painting35:00 impact of propaganda during WWII38:10 Michelangelo’s Secret Room with 16th C drawings 42:20 2024 release of book related to hiding places in Tuscan countryside in 1943-44Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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