The True Story of the Monuments Men

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"Without the [Monuments Men], a lot of the most important treasures of European culture would be lost," art scholar Lynn H. Nicholas says. "They did an extraordinary amount of work protecting and securing these things."

The True Story of the Monuments Men

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Without the work of these curators and professors, tens of thousands of priceless works of art would have been lost to the world forever