The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

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Robert M Edsel Bret Witter

The Monuments Men

Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

Robert M Edsel, Bret Witter

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English

Center Street
01 September 2009

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; History of Art & Design Styles; Second World War

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.

By: Robert M Edsel
With: Bret Witter
Imprint: Center Street
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 735g
ISBN: 9781599951492
ISBN 10: 1599951495
Pages: 473
Publication Date: 01 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

Robert Edsel began his career in the oil and gas exploration business. In 1996 he moved to Europe to pursue his interests in the arts. Settling in Florence seeing some of the great works, he wondered how all of the monuments and art treasures survived the devastation of World War II. During the ensuing years, he devoted himself to finding the answer. In the process, he commissioned major research that has resulted in this book. Robert also coproduced the related documentary film, The Rape of Europa, and wrote Rescuing Da Vinci, a photographic history of an art heist of epic proportions and the Allied rescue effort. The author lives in Dallas. <br>Bret Witter cowrote the bestseller Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Grand Central, 2008). He lives in Louisville, KY.

Reviews for The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

'.. .an extremeley well-researched and convincing argument for contact between Llull and the Kabbalists.'<br>Brian Catlos, Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 2001.<br>