The Grande Gallerie in the Lourve Museum in Paris, France in 1939

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The Grande Gallerie in the Lourve Museum in Paris, France in 1939.

Paintings on the walls had been removed in anticipation of the outbreak of World War II.

The walls were inscribed with the names of the paintings so they would be able to put them back.

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This time, in anticipation of the ongoing WWIII, they removed any trace left of art that could possibly question the current/future narratives, such as the ( solid) gold statue of Akhenaten, and portraits of the Hapsburgs et.al. with elongated heads…