Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Now Recruiting: A New Company Of ‘Monuments Men’

“A former Gulf War tank commander is recruiting experts to form a specialist unit” — called the Cultural Property Protection Unit — “that will protect cultural heritage in war zones, similar to the role carried out by the famed Monuments Men who saved artistic treasures from the Nazis during the Second World War. … The new unit will draw on members of the [British] Army, Navy, RAF and Royal Marines. Civilians who want to join will have to enlist in the Army Reserves.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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