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In The Monuments Men, Robert Edsel introduced the men and women who saved millions of works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II and asked, “How?”
In Remember Us, he introduces the citizens of a small province in the Netherlands who for eighty years have been honoring the graves of 10,000 American soldiers and asks, “Why?”
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Edsel brings to heart-pounding life an unknown story set against the backdrop of World War II. It reveals the roots of not just an enduring friendship between countries, but an enduring love by following twelve primary characters – a Dutch mother of nine trapped in a dangerous city; a teenage girl sacrificing for her family during the German occupation; and ten American soldiers (pilots, infantrymen, paratroopers, tankers, chaplains, and the segregated Black Americans assigned the horrific task of digging graves).
Remember Us is a story about freedom and its cost, about a humanity that knows no national or racial boundaries. It is an inspiring story—timeless yet also timely—about courage and sacrifice that speaks a universal truth: We all want to be remembered—somehow, someway, by somebody.
Speaking & Events
Robert Edsel draws on his past experiences as a competitive tennis player and later the founder of Gemini Exploration, an oil and gas company that pioneered the use of horizontal drilling technology, to speak to audiences on a variety of lecture topics. He has spoken before more than 65,000 people these past twenty years. Presentations are customized to suit the needs and interests of each audience. Lively Q&A sessions are a hallmark of his engagements.
Books
REMEMBER US
What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who eventually get it back for you are no longer alive to thank? This story, rich with drama and suspense, shows us how this terrible war continues to affect us today, and reminds us of the power and vital necessity of true service in the midst of terror and loss.
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SAVING ITALY
During the last year of World War II, the fate of Italy and its priceless art treasures hang in the balance. One man, the second highest-ranking Nazi SS General, controls the art, using it as a bargaining chip in a life or death game of poker to avoid war crimes trials and the hangman’s noose. The other, an American college professor and artist serving as a Monuments Man, risks his life to find the art and return it to Italy.
THE MONUMENTS MEN
The dramatic true story of ten men and one woman, the most unlikely of spies, in a race against time to save the world’s most treasured works of art and other cultural treasures from the destruction of war and theft by Hitler and the Nazis.
RESCUING DA VINCI
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The "untold story of the 'Monuments Men'" in photos and their discovery of more than 1,000 repositories filled with millions of items including paintings, sculptures, furniture, archives and other treasures stolen during WWII by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
THE GREATEST TREASURE HUNT IN HISTORY
The astonishing true story of 11 Monuments Men and one Monuments Woman is brought for the first time to young readers in a sweeping, dynamic, narrative nonfiction project packed with photos detailing history's greatest treasure hunt.
Film/TV
HUNTING NAZI TREASURE
This eight-part investigative documentary series, funded by History Channel-Canada, chronicles the greatest theft in history and present-day efforts to locate valuable objects and artwork stolen by the Nazis and return them to the rightful owners.
THE MONUMENTS MEN
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Academy Award® winner George Clooney assembled an all-star cast for his film adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's book, The Monuments Men, including Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and John Goodman.
THE RAPE OF EUROPA
The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War.
Monuments Men and Women Foundation
Presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal
Presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal
Mary Reagan
Presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal
The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising global awareness about the importance of respecting and preserving the world’s shared cultural heritage. In addition to honoring the service of these wartime heroes, from fourteen nations, who served as Monuments Men and Women during World War II, the Foundation continues their mission by locating some of the hundreds of thousands of still missing works of art and cultural objects and returning them to their rightful owners.
The Foundation is a National Humanities Medal recipient, the highest honor in the United States for work in the humanities.
