Rescuing da Vinci : Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered it / Robert M. Edsel.

By: Edsel, Robert MContributor(s): Nicholas, Lynn H | Pillsbury, Edmund P | Mazal Holocaust CollectionMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Dallas, Texas : Laurel Publishing, 2006Description: xvi, 302 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780977433490; 0977433498; 0977434907; 097743494X; 9780977434947; 9780977434909Other title: Hitler and the Nazis stole Europe's great artSubject(s): Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei | Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei | Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei | Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei | World War (1939-1945) | 1900-1999 | Art thefts | Art treasures in war | Kunst | Kunstraub | Nationalsozialismus | coopération internationale -- national-socialisme -- oeuvre d'art -- restitution -- spoliation -- vol -- guerre mondiale 2 | Art thefts -- Europe -- History -- Pictorial works | World War -- 1939-1945 -- Art and the war | Art and state -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | Lost works of art -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions | World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage | Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Europe | National socialism and art -- Europe | Nazis -- History -- 20th century | Art thefts -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | Art treasures in war | Cultural property -- Repatriation | Nazis -- Germany -- Art collections | Pillage -- Europe | Art thefts -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | Art treasures in war -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Pictorial works | World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war | Europe | Deutschland | Europa | Deutschland | EuropaGenre/Form: Bildband | Illustrated works. | True crime stories. | History. | Pictorial works. | Illustrated works. | True crime stories. Additional physical formats: Online version: Rescuing da Vinci.DDC classification: 940.54 LOC classification: N8795.3.E85 | E37 2006Other classification: 267000 Hitler, Adolf*by*ob | 8 Online resources: Table of contents only
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Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-294) and index.

Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1 Setting the Stage 9 -- Chapter 2 Preparations 47 -- Chapter 3 War Arrives 87 -- Chapter 4 Theft by Any Other Name 105 -- Chapter 5 Heroes and Heroines 127 -- Chapter 6 Trreasure Found 153 -- Chapter 7 Collecting Points 207 -- Chapter 8 Homeward Bound227 -- Chater 9 Casualties of War 259.

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.

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