This month it was announced that the Bayeux Tapestry will return to England next year for the first time in over 900 years, as a loan to the British Museum from the French State. During the Nazi occupation of France, the Bayeux Tapestry once again commanded the attention of those in power. Rose Valland in her memoir, The Art Front, recounts its war saga.

The Forever Promise Project—a new initiative dedicated to connecting all of the families of American service members memorialized at the Netherlands American Cemetery with the Dutch citizens who have devotedly adopted their graves—is gaining powerful momentum thanks to the support of Bank of America.

Christie’s Paris will auction eight paintings from the renowned Adolphe Schloss collection, seized and dispersed during World War II through forced sales and legal maneuvers by French and German authorities. The collection’s story reflects not only the injustices of Nazi-era art theft, but also the political rivalries and opportunism that marked Franco-German relations during the occupation of France.

Captain Walter J. Huchthausen (1904–1945), the only American Monuments Man killed in action during World War II, is honored for his sacrifice through the enduring care of his grave at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

Fernand Léger,  La Jeune fille au bouquet , 1921. Image: Sotheby’s Labeled “degenerate” by Nazi officials, Fernand Léger’s painting La...

Monuments Men and Women Foundation and Ancestry Companies Partner to Fulfill a WWII Promise