Monuments Men In History by Robert M. Edsel (Hardcover, 2009)

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From 1942 to 1951, 365 men and women from thirteen Allied nations served as the men and women of the Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives section (MFAA) of the Allied armed forces, the eyes, ears and hands of the first and most ambitious effort in history to preserve the world s cultural heritage in times of war. They were known simply as Monuments Men. But during the thick of the fighting in Europe, from D-Day to V-E Day, when Germany surrendered, there were only 65 Monuments Men in the forward operating area. Sixty-five men to cover thousands of square miles, save hundreds of damaged buildings and find millions of cultural items before the Nazis could destroy them forever. The Monuments Men is the story of seven of these men. Six of them were in the forward operating theatre- America s top art conservator; an up-and-coming young museum curator; a sculptor; a modestly successful portrait painter; a straight-arrow architect and a highly cultured, openly gay infantry private with no prior knowledge of or appreciation for art, but first-hand experience as a victim of the Nazi regime. They built their own treasure maps from scraps and hints- the diary of a Louvre curator who secretly t

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PublisherCornerstone
ISBN-139781848091016
eBay Product ID (ePID)87305503

Product Key Features

Number of Pages496 Pages
Publication NameMonuments Men in History
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert M. Edsel
Subject AreaArt & Culture
FormatHardcover

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Item Height234 mm
Item Weight826 g
Item Width161 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRobert M. Edsel
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