Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art - America and Her Allies Recovered It
by Robert M. Edsel
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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 Nazis.Tags
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This is almost a companion piece to the documentary and book RAPE OF EUROPA; this is really a coffee-table photo book of the people, the places, and artworks. Ideally, I'd love to see this book combined with ROE, as having the visuals to go with the text would have been preferrable for both.
Detailed history of art theft and destruction in WWII
Fantastic coffee table book! The photographs are amazing...
Contiene más de 460 fotografías de pinturas, esculturas, muebles, archivos y otros tesoros robados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial por Adolf Hitler y los nazis. El libro incluye fotografías de Hitler, el diseño del Museo Führer, junto con fotografías de las medidas extraordinarias adoptadas por los funcionarios de museos en Europa para proteger sus obras maestras de los nazis. Los Aliados crearon una fuerza especial compuesta por directores de museos, historiadores del arte, hombres y mujeres de más de 15 naciones que pasó más de seis años en la localización y búsqueda de las obras para devolver estos tesoros a los países de donde fueron robados. Los esfuerzos para localizar y restituir obras de arte desaparecidas show more continúan hasta hoy. show less
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Robert M. Edsel was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1956. He is the author of several non-fiction books including Rescuing Da Vinci, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, and Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis. The Monuments Men was adapted into a film starring show more George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett. Edsel is the founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2006
- People/Characters
- Lincoln Kirstein; James Rorimer
- Important places
- Germany
- Important events
- World War II; Nazi Germany; World War II
- Dedication
- For the Monuments Men who rescued it, for my parents, Norma and Ray, who provided me with the opportunity to see it, and for my son, Diego, who lives in its midst, to whom I leave this legacy.
- First words
- During the course of World War II, Hitler and the Nazis planned and executed thefts of an unprecedented magnitude.
- Publisher's editor
- Joshua Weikersheimer
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (4.46)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
