Rescuing DaVinci Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art - America and Her Allies Recovered It

Name: Rescuing DaVinci Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art - America and Her Allies Recovered It
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ISBN: 9780977434909

ISBN-10: 0977434907

ISBN-13: 9780977434909

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert M. Edsel, Lynn H. Nicholas, Edmund P. Pillsbury

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Rescuing Davinci uses 460 photographs to tell the untold story of the Monuments Men and their discovery of more than 1,000 repositories filled with millions of items including paintings, sculpture, furniture, archives, and other treasures stolen during WWII by Adolph Hitler and the Nazis. The book includes photoraphs of Hitler designing the Fuhrer Museum, along with photographs of the extraordinary measures taken by museum officials in Europe to protect their masterpieces from the Nazis' planned looting. Ultimately, Hitler and the Nazis' unprecendented theft of Europe gave way to the greatest treasure hunt in history, the search for art and other treasures valued at more than a trillion…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: Laurel Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 12/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 9.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.598
Language: English



Foreword



Foreword



Author's Preface


Prologue



Setting the Stage



Preparations



War Arrives



Theft by Any Other Name



Heroes and Heroines



Treasure Found



Collecting Points



Homeward Bound



Casualties of War


Epilogue


Sources


Credits


Index