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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Art thefts Germany History 20th century Art treasures in war Europe History 20th century Cultural property Protection Europe History 20th century Europe Library of Congress Mission to Germany. United States. Office of Strategic Services. World War, 1939-1945 Art and the war World War, 1939-1945 Confiscations and contributions Germany World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage EuropeFilter By Subjects
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Art thefts Germany History 20th century Art treasures in war Europe History 20th century Cultural property Protection Europe History 20th century Europe Library of Congress Mission to Germany. United States. Office of Strategic Services. World War, 1939-1945 Art and the war World War, 1939-1945 Confiscations and contributions Germany World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage EuropeEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.531 EDSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.531 EDSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars EdselPeiss, Kathy Lee
Summary: "Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence analysis and followed advancing armies to capture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 PIEKirkpatrick, Sidney.
Summary: Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010