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Rescuing Da Vinci HB - Signed Copy

Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art- America and Her Allies Recovered It

By: Robert M. Edsel
Hardcover
302 Pages

Rescuing Da Vinci uses 460 photographs to tell the untold story of the "Monuments Men" and their discovery of more than 1,000 repositories filled with millions of items: paintings, sculpture, furniture, archives, and other treasures stolen during WWII by Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.

The book includes photographs of the extraordinary measures taken by museum officials in Europe to protect their masterpieces from the Nazis' planned looting.

The Allies created a special force known as Monuments, Fine Art, and Archives Section comprised of museum directors, curators and art historians - men and women from over than 15 nations - who spent more than six years locating, rescuing, and returning these treasures to the countries from which they were stolen. Efforts to locate and return missing artwork continue to this day.

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  • 5
    "Rescuing Da Vinci"

    Posted by REV. M VINCE TURNER on Sep 4th 2020

    What a wonderful, remarkable historical write.

  • 5
    Rescuing Da Vinci

    Posted by MaryAnn VanVeen on Jul 17th 2020

    Such an amazing book!!! Lots of history AND the photographs are remarkable! I have had the book for only a week and not finished yet...LOVE it!

  • 5
    Rescuing Da Vinci

    Posted by Don Mahardy on May 13th 2020

    Throughly interesting after seeing the movie Monuments Men with so much more insights into the incredible work done to recover so many

  • 5
    Rescuing Da Vinci

    Posted by Betty Huff on May 11th 2020

    Love the book. I have always been interested in either the sad destruction of art and artifacts as well as the theft of those items. This book is informational and visual at the same time.

  • 5
    Rescuing Da Vinci

    Posted by Monica Stanoch on May 3rd 2020

    I had my eye on this beautiful book during my February visit to the National World War II Museum. Now at home and with a lot of quarantine time on my hands, I could not resist the opportunity to buy it from the online store. It is an attractive book to look through and the stories it tells give the understanding of how the art we love was truly at risk. This book was a great purchase.

  • 5
    Book Rescuing Da Vinci

    Posted by Julie Twombly on May 2nd 2020

    As an Art Major in college and later an Art Teacher (for 10 years) and interest in history; I am so glad to have this wonderful book that documents a cultural event that happened in History that a lot of folks dont know about.

  • 5
    Well written

    Posted by Vircginia Hanley on Mar 15th 2020

    Excellent photos.

  • 5
    ART

    Posted by Schirm on Mar 14th 2020

    I love this book. Beautiful pictures recounting the whole story of the stolen art and the processing of finding the hidden art. this a keepsake treasure of information for years to come.