Sean Gibson’s Reviews > The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History > Status Update

I would say that it's shocking that a major historical event that transpired in the 20th century can be so poorly understood and hazily documented (referring, of course, to exactly what happened at the Altaussee mine), but I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday, and I blanked on my zip code when I had to input it to buy gas last week. So, who am I to judge?

Maybe it's just because they're so portable relative to, say, a cathedral (you don't move it, it moves you--hey-oh!), but it's interesting to me how much "art" means "paintings" when it comes to what the Nazis were unabashedly pilfering.

Okay, so, I'm a self-starter and all, but what these Monuments Men dudes (is that redundant?) had to do to get the ball rolling on doing their jobs is insane. It's basically like telling two tennis players to go have a match and then dropping them of in two totally different places wearing tuxedos and not giving them rackets, balls, a net, or a court. I mean, yes, there were other military priorities...but, still.

I kind of feel like if I was responsible for trying to save and/or steal back the most precious artwork in western Europe from the Nazis and there were some Picassos in there, I'd just "accidentally" let those go missing. I just don't get that dude.

But, that's neither here nor there. Bring on the heroics!