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Saving Italy the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis

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When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May 1944 two...

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Main Author: Edsel, Robert M
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, : W.W. Norton & Company, c2014.
Subjects:
Allied Forces. > Supreme Headquarters. > Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section.
Art treasures in war > Italy > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war.
Art thefts > Italy > History > 20th century.
Cultural property > Protection > Italy > History > 20th century.
Keller, Deane, > 1901-1992.
Hartt, Frederick.
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Summary:When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes--artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt--embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli.
Item Description:Printed in the United States of America.
Physical Description:xxii, 454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.
ISBN:0393348806 (paperback)
9780393348804 (paperback)
Author Notes: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 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.

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