Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

Salt Mines and Castles, first published in 1946, is a first-hand account of the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of U.S. Forces, European Theatre (MFA&A), immediately following the end of World War II in 1945. Often simply referred to as the â€œMonuments Men,â€ this group of unlikely soldiers included art curators, scholars, architects, librarians, and archivists from the U.S. and Great Britain. Their war-time mission was to identify and protect European cultural sites, monuments, and buildings from Allied bombing. After the war, and the focus of this book, their mission was the challenging effort to locate and recover works of art that had been looted by the Nazis. Uncovered were thousands of pieces of artâ€”including priceless paintings by Leonardo DaVinci and Johannes Vermeer, sculptures by Michelangelo, and the Rothschild jewelsâ€”hidden across Germany and Austria in underground mines, castles, churches and monasteries. Following the recovery of the art, the no less daunting task of inventorying the thousands of items, identification of the owners, restoration of damaged works, and transporting delicate canvases and sculptures to their home countries began. Included in this edition is a new Introduction and 24 pages of photographs illustrating the collection of art by Nazi leaders, plus the recovery of looted pieces by the Allies.
Country USA
Author Thomas Howe
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 268
PublicationDate 2014-02-28
ReleaseDate 2014-02-28

Country	USA
Author	Thomas Howe
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	268
PublicationDate	2014-02-28
ReleaseDate	2014-02-28

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

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