The Monuments Men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history
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
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- ISBN: 1599951495
- ISBN: 9781599951492
- Physical Description xvi, 473 pages : illustrations, maps
- Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher New York : Center Street, 2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.99 |
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The Monuments Men : Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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The Monuments Men : Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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.