Tag: Robert Edsel
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In Search of Monuments: author Robert Edsel advocates protecting culture during war
In 1938, Nazi Germany had stolen Harry Ettlinger’s home and forced his family to flee to the U.S. Six years later, he returned as an American private ready to take back his home country and became part of an unexpected mission in the process. Ettlinger’s one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men,…
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Author Robert Edsel advocates protecting culture during war
In 1938, Nazi Germany had stolen Harry Ettlinger’s home and forced his family to flee to the U.S. Six years later, he returned as an American private ready to take back his home country and became part of an unexpected mission in the process. Ettlinger’s one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men,…