The monuments men
Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history
by Robert M. Edsel
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"The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.
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History, World War, 1939-1945, Allied Forces, Art treasures in war, Art and the war, Confiscations and contributions, Protection, Cultural property, Art thefts, Destruction and pillage, Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, Antiquarian, Nonfiction, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-01-26, New York Times bestseller, World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions, World war, 1939-1945, art and the war, World war, 1939-1945, destruction and pillage, Cultural property, protection, World war, 1939-1945, europe, World war, 1939-1945, germanyTimes
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
2009, Center Street
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The monuments men: Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history
2009, Center Street
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At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.
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