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The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel ; with Bret Witter.
- Title
- The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel ; with Bret Witter.
- Author
- Edsel, Robert M.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Center Street, 2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Witter, Bret
- Description
- xvi, 473 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--
- Subject
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section > History
- BMBF-Statusseminar
- 1900-1999
- Art thefts > Germany > 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
- Art treasures in war > Europe > History > 20th century
- Cultural property > Protection > History > Europe > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Art
- History
- History.
- Note
- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-454) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The mission. Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task -- Northern Europe. Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne -- Germany. A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember -- The void. Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road -- The aftermath. Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization ; What is your connection to the story?
- ISBN
- 9781599951492
- 1599951495
- LCCN
- ^^2009012255
- OCLC
- 317118312
- SCSB-9884380
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library