Destruction of cultural property during warfare

War always constitutes a major threat to monuments because of the psychological value to the attacker of destroying major symbols of the culture being attacked. In the 1930s, Nicholas Roerich promoted a Pact aiming at protecting cultural monuments in time of war.

1. Threatened monuments and historic sites
2. Destruction of civilian populations and institutions

1. Dismembered works of art

1. Unethical military practices
2. Housing destruction by warfare
3. Ethnocide
4. Bombardment

1. Misappropriation of cultural property
2. Civil crimes committed during war

1. War
2. Destructiveness