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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Center Street
17 September 2010

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: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781599951508
ISBN 10: 1599951509
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 17 September 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert M. Edsel is the Founder and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, a not-for-profit entity that received the National Humanities Medal, the highest honor given in the United States for work in the humanities field. He also serves as a Trustee at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Dallas. Bret Witter cowrote the bestseller Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Grand Central). He lives in Louisville, KY.