Robert M. Edsel Books
The monuments men
"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 destruct...
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Saving Italy
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When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of t...
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The monuments men
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...
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Monuments Men
From 1943 to 1951, 350 or so men and women from 13 Allied nations served in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section of the Allied armed forces. This was the most ambitious effort in history t...
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Monuments men
On les appelait les "Monuments men" ; ils venaient de treize pays différents et dans la vie civile ils étaient architectes, conservateurs, historiens de l'art... Leur mission : accompagner les armé...
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