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Book
Title:
The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history
ISBN:
9781599951492

9781599951508

9780316240079

9780316240055
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Center Street, 2009.
Physical Description:
xvi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, map ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Autographed copy."
Contents:
pt. I: 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 -- pt. II: 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 -- pt. III: 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 -- pt. IV: 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 -- pt. V: The aftermath -- Understanding Altaussee -- Evacuation -- The journey home -- Heroes of civilization.
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" -- Provided by the publisher.

"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 Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. 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." -- Amazon.com.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 9 25 Quiz 161909 English non-fiction.
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