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Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation’s Treasures from the Nazis

Robert M. Edsel

How did a small group of art experts in uniform find, protect and recover Italy's treasures while a war raged around them?

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Author
Robert M. Edsel

Why read it

  • You will see how a few committed people can protect what a nation values when everything else is under threat
  • You will learn why even armies at war decide that protecting culture matters, and what it takes to act on that
  • You will understand that rescuing art in war is slow, practical work, from roofing a bombed refectory to moving treasures to safety

Who it is for

  • An art lover planning a trip through Florence or Tuscany
  • A curator who protects collections with few resources
  • Someone who enjoys true wartime stories with moral weight

Contents

  1. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  2. A NOTE ON THE TEXT
  3. MAIN CHARACTERS
  4. PRELUDE
  5. SECTION I. INCEPTION
  6. 1. Changing of the Guard
  7. 2. A New Type of Soldier
  8. 3. “Bombs and Words”
  9. 4. The Experiment Begins
  10. 5. Growing Pains
  11. 6. A New Order
  12. 7. A Troubled Bunch
  13. 8. Gifts
  14. SECTION II. STRUGGLE
  15. 9. The First Test
  16. 10. Close Call
  17. 11. Refuge
  18. 12. Life on the Road
  19. 13. Treasure Hunt
  20. 14. Surprises
  21. 15. Guardian Angels
  22. 16. “Little Saints, Help Us”
  23. 17. “The Most Beautiful Cemetery in the World”
  24. 18. Whereabouts Unknown
  25. 19. Resurrection
  26. 20. Christmas Wishes
  27. SECTION III. VICTORY
  28. 21. Trouble in the Ranks
  29. 22. Switching Sides
  30. 23. Operation Sunrise
  31. 24. Complications
  32. 25. Surrender
  33. 26. The Race
  34. 27. The Big Move
  35. SECTION IV. AFTERMATH
  36. 28. Perspective
  37. 29. The Heroes and Their Legacy
  38. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE WORKS OF ART?
  39. MONUMENTS MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER
  40. Picture Section

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