At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe.

The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.
In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 09/01/2009
ISBN: 9781599951492
Pages: 473
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/22/2009 pg. 40
Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 27
Library Journal 10/15/2009 pg. 92
BookPage 09/01/2009

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 161909 / Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Reading Level: 9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 25