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Edsel, Robert M.,.
The monuments men :
Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history /
Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter.
First Back Bay media tie-in edition.
New York :
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company,
[2013]
©2009.
xvi, 473 pages :
illustrations, map ;
21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index.
Traces the lesser-known effort by an Allied division to find and secure European art that had been looted by the Nazis, outlining how they risked their lives and raced against time with limited supplies and scraps of information.
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Allied Forces
Supreme Headquarters
Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
History.
Art thefts
Germany
History
20th century.
World War, 1939-1945
Confiscations and contributions
Germany.
World War, 1939-1945
Art and the war.
World War, 1939-1945
Destruction and pillage
Europe.
Art treasures in war
Europe
History
20th century.
Cultural property
Protection
Europe
History
20th century.
Witter, Bret,
author.