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| Original Title: | Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History |
| ISBN: | 1599951495 (ISBN13: 9781599951492) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Robert M. Edsel
Hardcover | Pages: 473 pages Rating: 3.76 | 43957 Users | 3684 Reviews
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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.
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| Title | : | The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History |
| Author | : | Robert M. Edsel |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 473 pages |
| Published | : | September 3rd 2009 by Center Street (first published August 20th 2009) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Art. War. World War II. Historical. Audiobook |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 43957 Users | 3684 ReviewsRate Of Books The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
History has always been my first love and this book was a well written joy for me to read. All I can say is that if you've seen the movie starring George Clooney and Matt Damon, this book is much better. Most of the men picked to be Monuments Men were in their 40s, and very well educated and even prominent in knowing what they needed to save as far as paintings, sculpture and even buildings. The Nazis not only put the Jews in concentration camps, they stole everything they had that might be ofA few years ago, on a trip to St. Louis, Missouri and I toured their well-known art museum. I noted a number of paintings on loan by a Jewish family that stated the paintings were returned to the family by the Monument Men. I said to myself I need to read the book. Finally, I just did.From 1939 to the end of World War II, the Nazis Army seized priceless paintings, sculptures, tapestries and other artworks from museum, palaces, cathedrals and private homes. The Nazi plundered everything and
In the movie version of this book, there is an early scene with all of the big-name actors playing the Monuments Men being briefed about their mission to save art from the Nazis during World War II. George Clooney reminds them that Hitler was rejected from art school, and shows a picture of a painting that Hitler had made. One actor says, "That's not bad." Matt Damon retorts: "It's not good."The same could be said for this book: It's not terrible, but it's not good. The history is interesting
I said it before and I will say it again: this book needs a better editor. I like some of the stories but so many of them are repetitive. And I am not interested in reading letters from these men to their wives. Who cares? Give me details on the art saving stuff! God, the movie sucks. These scenes never happened:- no French member. So The Artist wouldn't have died in the arms of Mr. Flintstone - romance thingy between Valland and Jason Bourne's character - Lord Grantham did not die in a stupid
3 stars: 2 stars for the writing, which is tedious, and 4+ for the fascinating WWII history this book relates. The story of the Nazis' wholesale looting of the private and public art treasures of Europe during WWII and the efforts of the Monuments Men, with the aid of some others, to track down and return those treasures, is a significant story that I believe was largely unknown until this book (and the movie based upon it) came out, and for this the authors deserve a great deal of credit. The
So interesting. A bit slow to begin with as the background leading up to the need for the protection of Western Europe's cultural heritage during WWII. The bulk of this book follows the monuments men following the Normandy landing as the Allies swept across the western countries of Europe and into Germany. The narration is chronological, so we have frequent jumps between location and people, so the list of the main players at the front of the book was invaluable for helping get the different
A handful of art warriors take on the Third Reich in this story chock-full of both intrigue and culture. Read it before the movie (starring George Clooney) comes out.
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