Monuments Men

Description:

"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 acclaimed book follows six Monument Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis."-- This account presents the story of a special force of American and British curators, art historians, and other experts who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and structures during World War II.

subjects: Allied Forces,  Art treasures in war,  Art and the war,  Confiscations and contributions,  Protection,  Cultural property,  World War, 1939-1945,  Art thefts,  Destruction and pillage,  Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section,  History,  World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions,  World war, 1939-1945, germany,  World war, 1939-1945, art and the war,  World war, 1939-1945, destruction and pillage,  Cultural property, protection,  World war, 1939-1945, europe,  Large type books,  nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-11-24,  New York Times bestseller,  Confiscations,  Alliierte,  Kulturgut,  Rettung,  Weltkrieg,  Europe,  Germany,  Art,  Theft,  Seizure,  Cultural heritage,  World War II,  Warfare and Defence

Places: Europe,  Germany

Times: 20th century