The monuments men

Description:

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. 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.

subjects: History,  World War, 1939-1945,  Allied Forces,  Art treasures in war,  Art and the war,  Confiscations and contributions,  Protection,  Cultural property,  Art thefts,  Destruction and pillage,  Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section,  Antiquarian,  Nonfiction,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-01-26,  New York Times bestseller,  World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions,  World war, 1939-1945, art and the war,  World war, 1939-1945, destruction and pillage,  Cultural property, protection,  World war, 1939-1945, europe,  World war, 1939-1945, germany

Places: Europe,  Germany

Times: 20th century