The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland—A True Account of Her Fight Against Art theft and Tyranny in WWII Paris

The Art Spy tells the true story of Rose Valland, a woman who worked at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris during World War II and became a key Resistance spy operating within the Nazi's art looting headquarters. Based on previously undiscovered documents, the book chronicles how Valland infiltrated Nazi leadership to prevent the theft of masterpieces while Hitler amassed stolen art for his planned Führermuseum. She met with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, passed information to the Resistance, and faced danger during the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. The narrative also follows Alexandre Rosenberg, a young Free French soldier fighting with Allied forces to liberate France. His father was an art dealer for Picasso, Matisse, George Braque, and Fernand Léger, and the Nazis had seized the family's art collection, gallery, and home in Paris. The book moves from pre-war Paris—a center of modern culture—through the tension of Europe on the eve of war, to the Nazi occupation of France, depicting how individuals like Valland and Rosenberg risked their lives to resist.