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- OSHTEMO: Large Type Collection
The Monuments Men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history
Edition
Large print edition.
Publication Information
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.
Physical Description
755 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Summary
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 Monuments 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.
Contents
- The mission
- Northern Europe
- Germany
- The void
- The aftermath.
Subjects
- Art thefts > Germany > History > 20th century.
- Art treasures in war > Europe > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Confiscations and contributions > Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Europe.
- Cultural property > Protection > Europe > History > 20th century.
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section > History.
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section > Officials and employees.