Rose Valland (1898-1980)

The French art historian Rose Valland (1898–1980) worked at the Jeu de Paume in Paris during the Occupation. The museum was used by the “Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg” as an interim storage facility for looted art. At the risk of her life, Valland kept secret inventory lists of the delivered works and their destinations in Germany.

Thanks to these lists, she made valuable contributions to the tracing and restitution of important collections after the war, while working for the French Restitution Commission.

• Jeu de Paume
• "Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg"