The Monuments Men: World War II
The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women who served to recover the stolen paintings in World War II. They recovered millions of paintings that were stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s in World War II. The Monuments Men were an important military group in World War II because of their origin, assignment, and number of paintings recovered.
The Monuments Men were created from 14 different nations who were either museum directors, curators, art historians, archivists, architects, educators, and artist. The Monuments Men consisted of 345 men and women. Captain Robert Posey and Corporeal Lincoln Kirstein were two of the leaders of the Monuments Men. The Monuments Men were instructed to help the military troops …show more content…
Their missions consisted of discovering hidden monuments deep inside salt mines, abandoned buildings, and castles. The Monuments Men found 1,500 buildings full of stolen artifacts in Germany. During a mission they discovered over 6,000 paintings inside 137 tunnels in Altaussee Salt Mine in Austria. Another important mission for the Monuments Men was Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle where it took them six weeks to empty out all of the stolen paintings.
Thousands of documents and artwork from famous artist consisted of Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, Rodin, Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, and several more. The value of the Mona Lisa in World War II was 100 million dollars. The value of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper is at least 150 million dollars.
The Monuments Men recovered almost five million paintings stolen from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Some of the paintings that they recovered are the Woman in Gold, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Astronomer, Madonna of Bruges, and many more. The Woman in Gold has a very interesting story on how it was stolen and returned to the …show more content…
The Last Supper was being stored in a church that had been bombed. The Last Supper had almost became history when the bomb had been thrown nearly 80 feet away from the mural. The building was almost completely destroyed from the bomb but luckily the wall that the painting was on was still standing. Because they wanted to keep the mural safe the Monuments Men were not able to look at the painting. One of the Monuments Men had said “ Leonardo’s Last Supper may be in ruins”. This is also not the first time the painting has almost been destroyed. During the Napoleonic period when the soldiers were bored they would use the painting as target practice. The men had hit the painting a couple of times but since then it has been
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women who served to recover the stolen paintings in World War II. They recovered millions of paintings that were stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s in World War II. The Monuments Men were an important military group in World War II because of their origin, assignment, and number of paintings recovered.
The Monuments Men were created from 14 different nations who were either museum directors, curators, art historians, archivists, architects, educators, and artist. The Monuments Men consisted of 345 men and women. Captain Robert Posey and Corporeal Lincoln Kirstein were two of the leaders of the Monuments Men. The Monuments Men were instructed to help the military troops …show more content…
Their missions consisted of discovering hidden monuments deep inside salt mines, abandoned buildings, and castles. The Monuments Men found 1,500 buildings full of stolen artifacts in Germany. During a mission they discovered over 6,000 paintings inside 137 tunnels in Altaussee Salt Mine in Austria. Another important mission for the Monuments Men was Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle where it took them six weeks to empty out all of the stolen paintings.
Thousands of documents and artwork from famous artist consisted of Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, Rodin, Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, and several more. The value of the Mona Lisa in World War II was 100 million dollars. The value of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper is at least 150 million dollars.
The Monuments Men recovered almost five million paintings stolen from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Some of the paintings that they recovered are the Woman in Gold, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Astronomer, Madonna of Bruges, and many more. The Woman in Gold has a very interesting story on how it was stolen and returned to the …show more content…
The Last Supper was being stored in a church that had been bombed. The Last Supper had almost became history when the bomb had been thrown nearly 80 feet away from the mural. The building was almost completely destroyed from the bomb but luckily the wall that the painting was on was still standing. Because they wanted to keep the mural safe the Monuments Men were not able to look at the painting. One of the Monuments Men had said “ Leonardo’s Last Supper may be in ruins”. This is also not the first time the painting has almost been destroyed. During the Napoleonic period when the soldiers were bored they would use the painting as target practice. The men had hit the painting a couple of times but since then it has been