The Bonzos was the name of some Austrian agents the British recruited to prevent the destruction of many Old Masters collected by

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

. He planned to destroy them if he lost

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

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BBC Four Storyville documentary: The Bonzos
World War II espionage Art and cultural repatriation after World War II {{WorldWarII-stub

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