Mellon Prof. Corey Brennan Looks Back at the Monuments Men (and Women) of the AAR in WWII
How did so many of the monuments and cultural treasures of Europe escape destruction in World War II? One crucial factor was the “Monuments Men”—the popular term for a group of a few hundred men and women from thirteen different countries who made up the military Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives (MFA&A) section during and immediately following the Second World War.