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Bezig met laden... Salt Mines and Castles (1946)door Thomas Carr Howe, Steve W. Chadde
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. If you're a fan of logistics, this is a solid read; it's a bit less interesting for a fan of art. The author takes for granted that you already understand the importance of the art recovery he's doing, and instead focuses on the minutia of how it is carried out -- how many trucks, what route is taken to each monastery and castle, where each member of the party is billeted and fed, how many different offices he visits at each stop. The lack of personal commentary and color starts to get tedious after a while but it's not UN-interesting. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Salt Mines and Castles, originally published in 1946, is a first-hand account of the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of U.S. Forces, European Theatre (MFA&A), immediately following the end of World War II in 1945. Often simply referred to as the "Monuments Men," this group of unlikely soldiers included art curators, scholars, architects, librarians, and archivists from the U.S. and Great Britain. Their war-time mission was to identify and protect European cultural sites, monuments, and buildings from Allied bombing. After the war, and the focus of this book, their mission was the challenging effort to locate and recover works of art that had been looted by the Nazis. Uncovered were thousands of pieces of art-including priceless paintings by Leonardo DaVinci and Johannes Vermeer, sculptures by Michelangelo, and the Rothschild jewels-hidden across Germany and Austria in underground mines, castles, churches and monasteries. Following the recovery of the art, the no less daunting task of inventorying the thousands of items, identification of the owners, restoration of damaged works, and transporting delicate canvases and sculptures to their home countries began. Included in this edition is a new Introduction by Steve W. Chadde and twenty-four pages of photographs illustrating the collection of art by Nazi leaders, plus the recovery of looted pieces by the Allies. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)940.53187History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; Holocaust HolocaustLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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