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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Edsel, Robert M., author.     Subjects     Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- History.     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 -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Edsel, Robert M., author.       by title:      The monuments men : ...         MARC Display

The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. by Edsel, Robert M., author. New York : Back Bay Books, 2013 Subjects Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- History.   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 -- Europe -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780316240055 (pbk.) : 0316240052 (pbk.) Description:  xvi, 473 pages : maps ; 21 cm. Edition:  First Back Bay media tie-in edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  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 book follows the Monuments Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked away from successful careers into the epicenter of the war risking and some losing their lives. They included: Ronald Edmund Balfour, Henry Ettlinger, Walker Hancock, Walter Huchthausen, Jacques Jaujard, Lincoln Kirstein, Robert Posey, James J. Rorimer, George Stout, and Rose Valland. -- Provided by the publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Manoa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.531 Ed Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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