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An ambitious project. It becomes clear as the book goes on why the narrative focuses more on certain individuals, but that does make the cast of 'main characters' line up in the beginning of the book a little confusing. I'll admit to investigating this work based on the notion of art conversation/reclamation history rather than World War 2 history, which means I had less interest in the sections of the book that acted as introductory context 1/?

War: Destruction: Everyone loses.

Got their steps in, damn! 🚶🏻‍♂️

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What a perennially, painfully relevant question. 😖

Incredible unsung hero‘s of World War 2! It‘s amazing that I‘ve never heard of this operation before. 4/5 ⭐️

Finished my 4th book of the readathons and have now been reading for almost 22 hours, so I've completed the #20in4 and am close to completing #deweysapril. Just two more hours and then I will sleep and sleep. I really enjoyed this book, though sometimes I got confused with the timeline. Also, this was my #100 pick for #Roll100. @PuddleJumper #readathon @DeweysReadathon @Andrew65

Despite scholarly issues and not the greatest writing, I was pleasantly surprised by not how bored I was by this book. Having an MA in art history and a career in museums, this story is a familiar one to me, and WWII books are very much not my jam. So I did go into it with pretty low expectations, making it an easy bar to raise.

Excellent book on a “fun” part of WWII‘s history. Good information that read well.

A bit dry in parts, but overall interesting. I liked the afterword the best. #NFNov

#TIL I had a very good public education, but it seemed like aside from reading Anne Frank‘s Diary we never learned much about World War II in history class. We always seemed to stop just after the Civil War. It wasn‘t until I visited England and Europe in college that I began to fully appreciate the horrors of that war. And now I‘m starting to appreciate what all the art went through and what a miracle it is to still have it. #NFNov

#TIL During WWII MOMA would take their paintings down, and store them in sandbags. Each morning they would put them back up again. #NFNov

This won‘t be upsetting AT ALL. Nonfiction can be hard for me to make time for when I‘m reading after work (I find it requires a level of mental engagement I can‘t always give) so audiobook version at work it is! Ready to rage at my desk this week. #nonfictionnovember #booked2019 #soldiersstory

I gave this one 3.5 stars when I read it a few years ago - good, but it was dry in parts, and didn‘t fully capture my interest in others. Yet, I was completely unaware of this group of men who tracked down art that the Nazis, in true #theraidersmarch fashion, confiscated. It‘s good to highlight the group and to show the trials they went through, and learn of the exquisite pieces and landmarks lost forever. The film was just okay. #SoaringScores

Thank you Kay - such a lovely surprise, this book looks really interesting 😁 😘
Thanks Jenny for the lovely postcard which seems to have taken a few weeks to get here 👍🏻😘

Came across this article this morning it is very interesting and something I guess I never thought about. I always assumed they just burned all the books like this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/arts/nazi-loot-on-library-shelves.html?fbclid...

The book above is what I‘m currently reading. This year I am challenging myself to read only books I already own!
The only exceptions are audiobooks from my library app (which my BF thinks is cheating but c‘mon. I‘ve already listened to all the audiobooks I owned but 1!!)
And buying for my book review club.
Gotta thin out that bookshelf!!!

Ready to read a little non-fiction about my favorite era in history!!

Day 12: Backlist
Just a few I own that are on the evergrowing TBR pile.
#Ampersand2018

A very educational and I hope historically accurate book. You really get transported to the time and the atmosphere. It‘s a very technical and complex read. I would expect to pick it up and breeze through (unless your that kind of reader!) however, sometimes I like to take the time to fully understand a book. Especially when it‘s concept is steeped in such truth and grief. But as always, the glimmer of hope.

My next read with the birthday gift I bought myself, this gorgeous bookmark! New gift idea for birthdays; the recipient‘s favorite book with one of these bookmarks from @Babiesandbooks 💖💕💖💕💖

Today was great day! The books are my a result of a very successful trip to Half Price Books with my parents (Love getting gift cards for Christmas 🤗) and my mom sewed the pillows for me from some unused cloth napkins ❤️

Been reading this book probably all year.... it‘s a great book and an even more amazing story that I‘m thrilled to read about. It‘s just so long; I‘m almost there though

Have not seen the movie, but the concept grabbed me and it was cheap. A good story in a dark time, about a group of men and women who were tasked with protecting and recovering the artistic and cultural heritage of Europe during 1944-45. Not a story of traditional heroes but of dedicated and passionate people who were willing to risk (and in some case lose) their life for a greater human good, a good so often perverted during times of war

I liked this in depth look at how art shaped part of WWII. There were some interesting facts and details that I never knew.

#history #WWII

Audiobooks are best with this #readingbuddy since if I stop petting her for too long she meows at me 😸 #catsoflitsy

Ich hab bei dem Thema nicht direkt an die Kriegshandlungen gedacht, sondern an das, was neben dem Krieg noch passiert. Den Film habe ich schon gesehen, das Buch steht noch aus..

I thought about this subject not directly about the war itself, but instead some things that also happened during war time. I saw the movie, but I have to read the book. ..

#War #maybookflowers @RealLifeReading

#MOREORLESS Probably my fave nonfiction lately...

I loved this book! If you like WW2, art, intrigue, and fact-heavy books, this is for you! It took me forever to read because i was always stopping to Google an art piece, town or person of interest. Fascinating look at what these brave souls endured to save and reclaim Europe's cultural masterpieces from the Nazis. I heartily recommend.

Gosh what a slog! I've been reading this book for 6,438 days and an only 111 pages in. I suppose this is what I'd grab if aliens beamed me up. Good book, but slow going. #aliens 👽📚

I may have gone a bit sticker crazy, but this quote inside the first pages of the book gives me chill bumps of the best kind.

I decided to go ahead and start this now. I have as my bookmark the Israeli one a friend brought back to me. It seemed fitting. I love to read anything about adventure, art, and WWII. This book hits all three.

I'm watching Woman in Gold, a movie about a painting stolen by the Nazis. I remembered that I had this book. Going to dive into this soon - but not until I'm done with some other heavy reads.

This is a recent #bookhaul. It was bonus time at work, so I bought hard copies of a bunch of books I read as library books and e-books. Loved all of these, except for Pirate Hunters, but it's the only one I haven't read yet! Happy to put these on my shelves. Cosmo doesn't like when I pay attention to anything that isn't him. #catsoflitsy

Loved the movie, so now I'm listening to the audiobook.

A "little" bit of non-fiction in between ? At school I've been taught for years about all the crimes and cruelties the Nazis committed, so much that at the end I was getting fed up with it, but that's better than playing down what happened back then. About the Monuments Men I had never heard before the movie though and I found this book among my fathers books in Berlin and was happy that he said I could have it.

I FINISHED IT 🙌 Okay, that sounded really negative. It took me about a month to read this, but not because it is a slow read or boring. I just didn't have time for it.

This was a fascinating read. I never really thought about the artwork during WWII. How the bombardments could have easily destroyed hundreds of years of European culture. How Jewish families lost every possession, especially the art. I think this is such an important read!! 👌

This book was so good! I saw the movie and once again the book was so much better!! I loved learning more about the men and women that protected art during WWII.

I loved this story about art and humanity. A good non fiction which has a story and a plot and characters.

Yet another book that's been on my #tbr for too long. The story of the men who saved a hoard of art (and culture) from the Nazis.
#seasonsreadings2016 - #artrelatedbooks

I didn't enjoy the movie all that much, but I love the story - have any of you read this? On my TBR. #artrelatedbooks #seasonsreadings2016

If you saw the highly touted movie with big names before reading the book then you'd probably think the book was going to be just as bad. I think this five star book was sadly #ruinedbythemovie. Not sure if that's the intent of today's #octphotochallenge but that's how I read it. This is really an excellently written book that I couldn't put down. Highly recommended!!

I loved loved LOVED this book!!! On sale for Kindle today! #ebookdeal

Part 2 of the #nonfictionlove. I also love really well written nonfiction historical accounts like these brilliant novels. I didn't realize I had an affinity for World War II until I put these together. I highly recommend all of these books.

My wife bought me this book yesterday. I can't lie, I'm excited and can't wait to get into it! It's going to be an awesome read! And I'll be using my Bookish Impulses bookmark in this one (the first one I will have used it in).