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George Clooney to Direct, Star in ‘Monuments Men’ About Stolen Nazi Art
January 9th, 2012 | 12:07 pm
EXCLUSIVE George Clooney has started to work on his next project, writing, directing and starring in a big-budget movie about the men who chased down the stolen art of Europe during World War II, he told TheWrap on Saturday. “The Monuments Men,” which Clooney is co-writing with his producing partner Grant Heslov, will tell the [...]
ANOTHER HERO HAS DEPARTED: ROBERT A. KOCH (1919-2011)
December 5th, 2011 | 4:45 pm
Monuments officer, Lt. Robert A. Koch, died on November 11 after a lengthy illness. Koch served with the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. While working with the MFAA, he was stationed at the Office of Military Government for Wurtenberg-Baden in Germany. Koch signed the Wiesbaden Manifesto, a document outlining the MFAA opposition of the [...]
Honor Our Veterans!
November 11th, 2011 | 2:12 pm
During World War II, while tens of thousands of Allied troops were flooding the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the Monuments Men were impatiently waiting to cross the English Channel for their chance to contribute. For Monuments Man James Rorimer, future director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the gravity of the situation gripped him [...]
Who Were The Monuments Men?
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered had expertise as museum directors, curators, art scholars and educators, artists, architects, and archivists. The Monuments Men job description was simple: to save as much of the culture of Europe as they could during combat.
These men not only had the vision to understand the grave threat to the greatest cultural and artistic achievements of civilization, but then joined the front lines to do something about it.
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Our research on each of the Monuments Men and Women is now in its fifth year.
For some, we have completed biographies, and in most instances have a photograph. However, our research continues on each of the other names for which we have varying degrees of information. In some instances, we have just a name. We appeal to the public for help in completing these biographies. Anyone with information, including photographs, should contact ehudson@monumentsmen.com.
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