THE MONUMENTS MEN

THE MONUMENTS MEN: THE MONUMENTS, FINE ARTS, AND ARCHIVES DIVISION

GatorMUN XIII

Letter

from

the

Director

Crisis Coordinator - Artem Polikov

TO: MONUMENTS, FINE ARTS, AND ARCHITECTURE DIVISION

FROM: GEORGE LESLIE STOUT

SUBJECT: BRIEFING OF THE MFAA DIVISION

Welcome Gentlemen to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Architecture Division of the Allied

Forces! Within the next year, you will be on the most extraordinary mission to protect the

work of centuries. We are the only people, who stand between centuries worth of art and its

destruction. The goal of this division is to preserve the numerous works of art, which are

housed in Europe.

Now I understand that I am asking you to stand in the way of unfriendly fire at times.

We will be risking our safety and wellbeing to preserve the culture of generations. I know not

when this war will end, but people will need these works of art. These works of art will be the

salve on their war-torn hearts.

If you choose to accept this invitation into this specialized division, you will be given

one month before you must report for training at CONFIDENTIAL. I ask that any item,

which you wish to bring with you into combat, you bring with you to basic training.

Remember you will only be able to take a rucksack with you into the field. Supplies are

scarce here, and the primary mission of our division is to recover works of art. Any

restoration will be done by others.

Upon arrival, you will enter basic training, which will be helpful to you once we land

in LALALALA. After your third week of basic training, approximately two weeks from

departure, we will meet as a division to discuss the basics and logistics of our mission. I hope

that this letter finds you in good health and hope to see you soon.

All the Best,

George L Stout

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The following documents were seized by the Allied Forces to aid in the recovery of art works. Any person found to be copying these documents or supplying this

knowledge to persons outside of this division will be sent to their commanding officer and court-martialed.

OBERSALZBERG.BEN 26. JUNI 1939

Ich beauftrage Herrn Galeriedirektor Dr. Hans Posse, Dresden, mit dem Aufbau des

neuen Kunstmuseums für die Stadt Linz/Donau.

Alle Partet- und Staadtsdtenststel len sind verpflichtet, :Herrn Dr. Posse bai Erfüllung

seiner Aufgabe zu unterstützen.

Adolf Hitler

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COPY

The Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces

Berlin W 35, Tirpitzufer 72-76, 17 Sept 1940

TEL: 21 81 91

2 f 28.1.4 W. Z. No. 3812/ 40 g

To the Chief of the Army High Command for the Military Administration in Occupied

France.

In supplement to the order of the Führer transmitted at the time to Reichsleiter Rosenberg to

search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of west for material valuable

to Germany, and to safeguard the latter for the Gestapo, the Führer has decided:

The ownership status before the war in France, prior to the declaration of war on 1 September

1939, shall be the criterion.

Ownership transfers to the French state or similar transfers completed after this date are

irrelevant and legally invalid (for example, Polish and Slovak libraries in Paris, possessions

of the Palais Rothschild or other ownerless Jewish possessions). Reservations regarding

search, seizure and transportation to Germany on the basis of the above reasons will not be

recognized.

Reichsleiter Rosenberg and/or his deputy Reichshauptstellenleiter Elbert has received clear

instructions from the Führer personally governing the right of seizure; he is entitled to

transport to Germany cultural goods which appear valuable to him and to safeguard them

there. The Führer had reserved for himself the decision as to their use.

It is requested that the services in question be informed correspondingly. Signed: KEITEL for

information:

ATTENTION: Reichsleiter Rosenberg18

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Pieces of Importance Nike of Samothrace

Location:

Artist:

Creation Date:

Status:

History

Importance

St. Bravo’s Cathedral Location of Origin:

Architect:

Creation Date:

Status:History:

Important:

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Fontevraud Abbey Location of Origin:

Architect:Creation Date:Status:History:

Important:

Ghent Altarpiece Location of Origin:

Artist:

Creation Date:

Status:

History:

Importance:

Gutenberg Bible Location:

Artist:

Creation DateStatus:History:

Importance

Madonna of the Rocks Location:Artist:Creation DateStatusHistory

Importance

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Christ as the Man of Sorrows LocationArtistCreation DateStatusHistory

Importance

Madonna of Brugges LocationArtistCreation DateStatusHistory

Importance

Mona Lisa LocationArtistCreation DateStatusHistory

Importance

Amber Room Location

Artist

Creation DateStatusHistory

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Importance

Oath of the Horatii

Death of Marat LocationArtistCreation DateStatusHistory

Importance

Neuschwanstein Castle LocationArchitectTimeStatusHistory

Importance

Chartres Cathedral LocationArchitectTimeStatusHistory

Importance

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I and the Village LocationArchitectTimeStatusHistory

Importance

Positions Corporal Sir Andrew Powell

Corporal Edward “Eddie” Pemberton

Private Barnaby Scott McFadden

Corporal Clifton McDonough

Private Theodore Mitchell

Private Henley McDonnell

Private Giovanni Alberghi

Corporal Jim Donovan

Corporal Vincent Cixous

Private Henri Aubergine

Private Brennan O’Reilly

Private Bertie Treadwell

Private Dawson Nolan

Private Emmanuel Lombardi

Private Frederick Kolb

Private Jean Claude Minute

Private Al Durer

Private Kees Gispen

Corporal Stanislaw Kwaśniewski

Private Nikolaus Speigel

Chaplain Ryan McCarthy

Private John Smith

Private Michael Puskas

Educational Objectives