The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

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.

Author: Robert M. Edsel
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 09/17/2010
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.18w x 1.38d
ISBN: 9781599951508

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9
Point Value: 25
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 161909 / Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

About the Author
Robert M. Edsel is the Founder and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, a not-for-profit entity that received the National Humanities Medal, the highest honor given in the United States for work in the humanities field. He also serves as a Trustee at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Dallas.

Bret Witter cowrote the bestseller Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Grand Central). He lives in Louisville, KY.