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Details: The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter

ISBN: 978-0316240079

Published: 2013

Pages: 640

The astonishing true story of the special Allied forces who saved civilization's treasures from Hitler's grasp - now a major motion picture

At the same time that Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the Western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art stories of real-life heroes, treasures in Europe. The Führer had begun cataloging the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: the "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, a group 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 period between D-Day and V-E Day, this acclaimed book follows six Monuments Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

"The hunters' exploits make a fascinating read. Edsel carefully and colorfully backgrounds The Monuments Men with vivid accounts of the war's progress." -CARL HARTMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS