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020    $a 1599951509 (pbk.) :
020    $a 9781599951508 (pbk.) :
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100 1  $a Edsel, Robert M.
245 14 $a The monuments men : $b allied heroes, Nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history / $c Robert M. Edsel ; with Bret Witter.
250    $a 1st trade ed.
264  1 $a New York, NY :  $b Center Street,  $c 2009.
300    $a xvi, 473 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., maps, portraits ; $c 21 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-454) and index.
505 0  $a The mission. Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task -- Northern Europe. Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne -- Germany. A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember -- The void. Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road -- The aftermath. Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization -- What is your connection to the story?
520    $a This is the previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command. These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked away from successful careers into the epicenter of the war risking and some losing their lives. They included: Ronald Edmund Balfour, Henry Ettlinger, Walker Hancock, Walter Huchthausen, Jacques Jaujard, Lincoln Kirstein, Robert Posey, James J. Rorimer, George Stout, and Rose Valland. -- Provided by the publisher.
541    $d 20140707.
610 20 $a Allied Forces $b Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section $b Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section $x History.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Destruction and pillage $z Europe.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Art and the war.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Confiscations and contributions $z Germany.
650  0 $a Cultural property $x History $z Europe $x History $y 20th century.
650  0 $a Art treasures in war $z Europe $x History $y 20th century.
650  0 $a Art thefts $z Germany $x History $y 20th century.
700    $a Witter, Bret.
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952    $l XGPC697 $d 20160211012627.0
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