The Monuments Men
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Robert M. Edsel
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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Author
Robert M. Edsel
Pages
469
Publisher
Center Street
Published Date
2009-09-03
ISBN
1599952653 9781599952659
Ratings
Google: 4
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"I am torn by giving this book just a 3 star rating. The story itself is fascinating and very well researched. There were times though that I found the book really slow and had no motivation to keep reading. Overall though, this is a wonderful account of the Allied efforts to recover what they could of the artwork that was stolen by the Nazis. I have a feeling that this will be an excellent movie and I can't wait to see it when it come out."
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