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Selected Bibliography

Brey, Ilaria Dagnini. The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy’s Art during World War II. New York, 2009.

Doheny, David. David Finley: Quiet Force for America’s Arts. Washington, 2006.

Edsel, Robert, with Bret Witter. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. New York, 2009.

Edsel, Robert. Rescuing Da Vinci. Dallas, 2006.

Finley, David. A Standard of Excellence: Andrew W. Mellon Founds the National Gallery of Art at Washington. Washington, 1973 (chapter 22, "The War Years").

Flanner, Janet. Men and Monuments. New York, 1957.

Hall, Ardelia R. "The U.S. Program for Return of Historic Objects to Countries of Origin, 1944–1954." Department of State Bulletin 31, no. 797 (October 4, 1954): 493–498.

Hammond, Mason. “The War and Art Treasures in Germany.” College Art Journal 5, no. 3 (March 1946): 205–218.

Hancock, Walter. “Experiences of a Monuments Officer in Germany.” College Art Journal 5, no. 4 (May 1946): 271–311.

Howe, Thomas Carr. Salt Mines and Castles. New York, 1946.

Kurtz, Michael. America and the Return of Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe’s Cultural Treasures. Cambridge, 2006.

Nicholas, Lynn H. The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War. New York, 1994.

Posey, Robert. “Protection of Cultural Monuments during Combat.” College Art Journal 5, no. 2 (January 1946): 127–131.

Report of the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas. Washington, 1946.

Rorimer, James J., with Gilbert Rabin. Survival: The Salvage and Protection of Art in War.  New York, 1950.

Siviero, Rodolfo. Arte e il nazismo: Esodo e ritorno delle opera d’arte italiane 1938–1963. Florence, 1984.

Smyth, Craig Hugh. Repatriation of Art from the Collecting Point in Munich after World War II. Groningen, The Netherlands, 1988.

Standen, Edith. “Report on Germany.” College Art Journal 7, no. 3 (Spring 1948): 209–215.

Valland, Rose. Le Front de l’art. Paris, 1961.

Yeide, Nancy H., and Patricia A. Teter-Schneider. “S. Lane Faison, Jr., and ‘Art under the Shadow of the Swastica.’” Archives of American Art Journal  47, nos. 3–4 (Fall 2008): 24–37.