In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few
visionaries--in the private sector and in the military--committed
to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate
ravages of World War Two.
And so the Allies appointed the Monuments Officers, a motley group
of art historians, curators, architects, and artists, to ensure
that the masterpieces of European art and architecture were not
looted or bombed into oblivion. Often working as shellfire exploded
around them, the Monuments men and women of Italy shored up
tottering palaces and cathedrals, safeguarded Michelangelos and
Giottos, and even blocked a Nazi convoy of stolen paintings bound
for Goring's birthday celebration. Sometimes they failed. But to an
astonishing degree they succeeded, and their story is an
unparalleled adventure with the gorgeous tints of a Botticelli as
its backdrop.
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