Rose Valland was a French art historian, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history.
She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private Jewish-owned art from France...
She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private Jewish-owned art from France...
and, working with the French Resistance, saved thousands of works of art.
For her heroic efforts, Valland received the Legion of Honor, the Medal of the Résistance, the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and...
For her heroic efforts, Valland received the Legion of Honor, the Medal of the Résistance, the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and...
was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. In addition, she was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1948.
Despite these many honors, it wasn’t until 1953, after twenty years of service to the French museums, that Rose Valland, perhaps the most highly decorated woman in France, received the title of “curator.”
Although Valland retired in 1968, she remained active in the art community and continued her dogged efforts to find and return works of art that had been stolen from France during the war. tinyurl.com/4ty7rwzk
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