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Thứ Ba, 29 tháng 10, 2013

Interesting Facts Concerning Monuments Men Book

By Kelly Wood


One of the greatest treasure hunting stories that happened in real life were written in the Monuments Men Book. This story was plotted as both action and drama that directs on a particular platoon while the World War II is ongoing. They were tasked by the FDR to visit Germany to retrieve different artistic masterpieces that were taken by several Nazi thieves and bring it back to their owners.

Typically, it was indeed an impossible mission since some art pieces were situated within the enemy lines. Some of the German army were abiding their orders to destroy all things that they see. Yet, the Monuments Men have thought that they are in a particular race against time to further avoid destroying a thousand years of rich culture.

They likewise sacrificed their precious lives for them to defend and protect the exceptional achievements of mankind. This was said to occur in the reign of the German leader, Adolf Hitler, at the time he attempted to conquer different parts of the western nations. This specific group comprises of some historians, curators and some British and American museum directors.

One of the very destructive wars that already happened in our history is World War II. This brought about a great dislocation of many crucial cultural artifacts. Since then, there were around one thousand items that had gone missing until this day.

There were many documentaries and some photographs that were taken of the author of this book just to present all of his achievements. Mr. Robert M. Edsel is the known author of this book that described this group from some initial missions that they were limited to combat damages to some structures or artifacts. This was made to change the focus to locating several missing items.

Today, this book has been transformed into a film to somehow give the audience a visual idea about this remarkable part of history. The principal photography had already began in early March 2013 where there was a cast made up of around one thousand men to do some World War II military scenes. There are scenes that will include some flights and some American base war footage.

Typically, this specific groups comprises of approximately 345 women and men. They were coming from thirteen various nations that would build the specific MFAA section of the World War II. They have been united by a single goal and that would be to give protection to their monuments and some treasures in the ongoing war.

In the last year, they have tracked, located and returned around five million artistic or cultural pieces that have been stolen by Hitler and some of the Nazis. All their tasks were indeed significant and exceptional. They definitely made a great mark in most of the history of some nations they are part of.

Monuments Men Book is indeed an exceptional story that is definitely worth reading. One may attain many learning and facts from such. Additionally, there may be different things that you can discover while reading on the biographies and names of all people who greatly contributed to the whole success of such remarkable mission. This specific group is known to the current era and were recognized and honored through having their lives filmed.




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