TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edsel,Robert M.
TI  - Saving Italy: the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis 
SN  - 9780393082418 (hardcover)
AV  - D 810 .A7 E234 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - Keller, Deane,
KW  - Hartt, Frederick.
KW  - Allied Forces
KW  - Supreme Headquarters
KW  - Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
KW  - History
KW  - Art treasures in war
KW  - Italy
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Art and the war
KW  - Art thefts
KW  - Cultural property
KW  - Protection
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-440)and index; Section I; Inception; Changing of the guard --; A new type of soldier --; "Bombs and words" --; The experiment begins --; Growing pains --; A new order --; A troubled bunch --; Gifts --; Section II; Struggle; The first test --; Close call --; Refuge --; Life on the road --; Treasure hunt --; Surprises --; Guardian angels --; "Little saints, help us" --; "The most beautiful cemetery in the word' --; Whereabouts unknown --; Resurrection --; Christmas wishes --; Section III; Victory; Trouble in the ranks --; Switching sides --; Operation sunrise --; Complications --; Surrender --; The race --; The big move --; Section IV; Aftermath; Perspective --; The heroes and their legacy --; Acknowledgements --; Have you seen these works of art? --; Monuments men and women serving in the Mediterranean theater
N2  - When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes--artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt--embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli
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