The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599951495 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. 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. 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
EJ said If you are patient, you will find the treasure in this book. If I had written this review when I was only "If you are patient, you will find the treasure in this book" according to EJ. If I had written this review when I was only 25% of the way through this book, I would have given it 2 stars. The beginning of the book can only be described as plodding and in my opinion was not very well constructed. However, I hung in there and the payoff came in the remainder of the book.The book describes an overlooked group of men and women who served during WWII to save priceless buildings and works of . 5% of the way through this book, I would have given it "If you are patient, you will find the treasure in this book" according to EJ. If I had written this review when I was only 25% of the way through this book, I would have given it 2 stars. The beginning of the book can only be described as plodding and in my opinion was not very well constructed. However, I hung in there and the payoff came in the remainder of the book.The book describes an overlooked group of men and women who served during WWII to save priceless buildings and works of . stars. The beginning of the book can only be described as plodding and in my opinion was not very well constructed. However, I hung in there and the payoff came in the remainder of the book.The book describes an overlooked group of men and women who served during WWII to save priceless buildings and works of . Interesting Read A few years ago, on a trip to St. Louis, Missouri and I toured their well-known art museum. I noted a number of paintings on loan by a Jewish family that stated the paintings were returned to the family by the Monument Men. I said to myself I need to read the book. Finally, I just did.From 1939 to the end of World War II, the Nazis Army seized priceless paintings, sculptures, tapestries and other artworks from. David I. Williams said A story that we all should read. One of the most enjoyable aspects to the study of history is always finding new stories. Even when you think you know a lot about a field you find something new and enjoyable. That one of the many reasons that I enjoyed Monuments Men so much. Robert Edsel has provided us with a look at an area of World War II studies that has gone virtually unnoticed for nearly 70 years. The men and women of the MFAA (Monument
Robert Edsel began his career in the oil and gas exploration business. . In 1996 he moved to Europe to pursue his interests in the arts. In the process, he commissioned major research that has resulted in this book. Robert also coproduced the related documentary film, The Rape of Europa, and wrote Rescuing Da Vinci, a photographic history of an art heist of epic proportions and the Allied rescue effort. Settling
All rights reserved. (Coincidentally or not, this book appears only briefly after Ilaria Dagnini Brey's The Venus Fixers: The Untold Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II, Reviews, June 1.) Edsel has presented their achievements in documentaries and photographs. Their task was to save and preserve what they could of Europe's great art, and they were called the Monuments Men. In the midst of a total war, armies systematically sought to mitigate cultural loss. Focusing on the organization's role in northwest Europe, they describe the Monuments Men from their initial mission to limit combat damage to structures and artifacts to their changed focus of locating missing items. Hundreds of thousands of items remain missing. He and Witter (coauthor of the bestselling Dewey) are no less successful here. 3)Copyright © Reed Business I