From the dust jacket- 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 Monuments 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.
Review- An excellent history book about the men and women who saved the art that was stolen from every where the Nazis went. The art world discovered what was going on before the rest of the world did by the sale of many privately owned masterpieces. This book follows the men who did this work from the beginning of their departments' creation to when the last one went home. It is a fascinating journey from America into the heart of Germany. The reader learns about the men, their lives, and about the art that was taken. Only the best was taken and the art's importance to western civilization is discussed. I recommend this book for both people interesting in art history and World War 2 history.
I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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