Title: The monuments men
Description: "In a race against time, a group 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 period between D-Day and V-E Day, this acclaimed book follows six Monument Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis."--

This account presents the story of a special force of American and British curators, art historians, and other experts who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and structures during World War II.
Subjects: Allied Forces, Art treasures in war, Art and the war, Confiscations and contributions, Protection, Cultural property, World War, 1939-1945, Art thefts, Destruction and pillage, Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, History, World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions, World war, 1939-1945, germany, World war, 1939-1945, art and the war, World war, 1939-1945, destruction and pillage, Cultural property, protection, World war, 1939-1945, europe, Large type books, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-11-24, New York Times bestseller, Confiscations, Alliierte, Kulturgut, Rettung, Weltkrieg, Europe, Germany, Art, Theft, Seizure, Cultural heritage, World War II, Warfare and Defence
Places: Europe, Germany
Time periods: 20th century