The real Monuments Man

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The real Monuments Man: Amazing story of the Jewish teenager who fled Nazi Germany but returned six years later as art-hunter made famous in George Clooney film

Harry Ettlinger (pictured top right) is the last of the 'Monument Men', the name given to the group tasked with reclaiming stolen art work from the Nazis near the end of WWII. Now a widower following the death of his long time wife Mimi (main picture), his story was told in the Hollywood film of the same name, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon (bottom right), and after lobbying pressure by Clooney, Ettlinger is to soon receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his bravery in the final stages of the war.