365 Days of Art: October 1 – Nazi Radio Vilifies Monuments Men

Map of Pisa’s monuments, created at the Frick Library in NYC in collaboration with the Monuments Men

October 1, 1943

Nazi radio announces:

The US President of the European Monuments and Art Treasures Committee, an organization consisting of thieves and Jews, said in a statement to the Press that a large number of maps are being distributed to US soldiers to enable them to trace artistic treasures easily. A well-known gangster has been appointed as Director of the Committee”.

This refers to the “Monuments Men”, whose priority during the war is to save cultural and artistic treasures.