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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 46 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Jeremy Davidson. |
| Summary |
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 Monuments 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- History.
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Art thefts -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe.
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Art treasures in war -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Witter, Bret, author.
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Davidson, Jeremy, voice actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781427206923 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1427206929 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11824191 |
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