The Monuments Men
6/23/202617 min
June 23, 1943. The US Government establishes a special army unit to find and recover artwork stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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[mellow music] It's autumn 1940 in northern France, and World War II is underway. A convoy of German army trucks rumbles down the tree-lined driveway of a country estate. In the passenger seat in the front of the lead vehicle, a German officer stares out the window at the beautiful countryside. This officer reports to the ERR, the Nazi organization dedicated to looting the property of Jews in occupied Europe. Soon the truck jolts to a halt. Looking up at the looming chateau, a towering monument to the wealth of its owner, the officer orders his men to file out of the truck, and he approaches the entrance to the chateau and hammers on the front door. There's silence. But just when he thinks he'll have to break the door down, he hears the twisting of metal and the slide of locks. When the door opens, the officer and his men push