Operación monumento
Subtitle: la fascinante aventura de los guerreros del arte que impidieron el saqueo cultural Nazi
By: Robert M. Edsel con Bret Witter ; traducción de David Paradela López
Contributors: Witter, Bret, author; López, David Paradela
Edition: Primera edición en Océano.
Series: Historia y cultura; Historia y cultura
Published: 2014
Language: spa
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9786077351979
Subjects: Allied Forces; Art treasures in war; Robos de arte; Art and the war; Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945; Historia; Confiscations and contributions; Protection; Cultural property; Protección; World War, 1939-1945; Acervo cultural; Art thefts; Destruction and pillage; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Destrucción y saqueo; History
Work titles: Monuments men
Description: 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.
Notes: Translation of: The monuments men : allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-484) and index.