Although I haven't seen it yet, the new George Clooney film, "The Monuments Men," has drawn attention to one of the little-known stories of World War II, the effort by the Allies to save precious cultural treasures from the ravages of war. The film, which is based upon a book of the same name by Robert Edsel, follows a platoon of soldiers as they attempt to discover and retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis.
But while Monuments Men, who were officially members of the "Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) section under the auspices
of the...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Posted by Jon Dalton
On 5:09 PM
Categories: George Clooney, Monuments Men, Monuments Men Foundation, Smithsonian, Time, Venus Fixers, World War II
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