To preserve the legacy of the unprecedented and heroic work of the men and women who served in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (“MFAA”) section, known as “Monuments Men,” during World War II, by raising public awareness of the importance of protecting and safeguarding civilization’s most important artistic and cultural treasures from armed conflict, while incorporating these expressions of man's greatest creative achievements into our daily lives.

Feb 20, 2013

Both Ms. Eisenhower and Mr. Edsel, the Monuments Men’s champion, stressed two points: that while the Monuments Men’s work was unprecedented, hundreds of thousands of works are still missing, and that “no ...

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Mar 28, 2012

DALLAS (AP) — Among the items U.S. soldiers seized from Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian Alps hideaway in the closing days of World War II were albums meticulously documenting an often forgotten Nazi ...

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Jan 9, 2012

George Clooney has started to work on his next project, writing, directing and starring in a big-budget movie about the men who chased down the stolen art of Europe during World War ...

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