Comprising a handful of museum curators, historians and archivists the 'Monuments Men' were tasked with identifying and preserving as much of Europe's artistic heritage from the ravages of war as possible. Pitted against the onrushing Russians and a Nazi 'scorched earth' policy, their efforts to find, recover and preserve the huge stockpiles of stolen art deserves wider knowledge. A far less well-known cultural example of 'so much being owed by so many to so few...'
(Clive Yelf - bwl 58 Autumn 2010 ) |
