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World War II was the bloodiest, biggest, and most destructive war of all time, decimating entire

countries and taking the lives of millions. And as we have learned over the last 10 episodes of the

Art Curious podcast of this season, art was affected and used in many different ways during the war.

Art was used to document the experience of soldiers in battle, created to shape public opinion, values, and inspire the war. Art was used to document the experience of soldiers in battle,

created to shape public opinion, values, and inspire the war effort, and to fight the enemy.

It was a failed dream of Adolf Hitler, leading us to ask how art could have changed the course of history.

And it was a victim in many ways, destroyed, looted, or impossibly altered during the course of events.

But after the war ended in 1945 and the dust settled throughout Europe and other theaters of war,

the effect of war on the art world lessened, and the connections between the two softened.

Right? Actually, that's not what happened.

And the effects of the Second World War are still being felt throughout the art world today.

Some people think that visual art is dry, boring, or lifeless.

But the stories behind those paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs are weirder, crazier, or more fun than you can imagine.

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