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Rescuing da Vinci, Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered it, Robert M. Edsel ; forewords by Lynn H. Nicholas and Edmund P. Pillsbury

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Rescuing da Vinci

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Robert M. Edsel ; forewords by Lynn H. Nicholas and Edmund P. Pillsbury

Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered it

Uses photographs to tell the untold story of the "Monuments Men" and their discovery of more than 1,000 repositories, many of which contained paintings, sculpture, furniture, and other treasures stolen by the NazisA lot of European and Russian art works are stolen, destroyed or missing since the looting of Hitler, Göring and other Nazi's during World War II. Hitlers dream was to build the world's greatest collection - the Führer museum - in his home town of Linz, Austria, by the systematic theft of Europe's great art. Museum officials took extraordinary measures to protect art from Hitler and the ensuing war. They assembled a special force of American and British museum directors, curators and art historians known as the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section. This section attempted to minimize damage and track down stolen works. In the end, the Allied Forces located more than 1,000 repositories, in mines and castles, many of which contained art, sculpture, furniture and other stolen treasures. Many pieces are still missing. Efforts to locate and return them continue to this day

Setting the stage -- Preparations -- War arrives -- Theft by any other nature -- Heroes and heroines -- Treasure found -- Collecting points -- Homeward bound -- Casualties of war