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From where I left off in my book, It starts off talking about Harry Ettlinger ,the kid from the beginning of the book. It begins with how he was the last Jewish kid to have a mitzvah in a certain part of Germany. After Harry's family moved from Germany they went to America.

From where I left off Robert Posey and the 3rd battalion, The battlion of George S Patton, were going through Italy to get some famous painting and historical items. One of the lines from General George S Patton from the chapters I read was, that a soldier said what happened here was it the Germans. Then General Patton said it was a war that made these ruins, the soldier said what war.The general responsed, Punic war

From where I left off the book starts talking about the monuments men, George stout, Robert Posey, and James Remdier. It starts their stories from when they first landed, two out of the three started on D-day. James came in the battle on Normandy after the first wave of soldiers.

but the story isn't about the synagogue it is about the priceless items and painting that they destroy. Also it is about how cruel and ruthless Hitler was to the Jewish people on Europe.

The book monuments men begins about a young boy's family, his name was Harry Ettlinger. Harry's family is originally from Holland, but when Hitler started conquering the surrounding countries they started to move West and try to head to America. Harry had his bar mitzvah the day before he left for America, the day they left the German army came in and burned down the synagogue but the story isn't about the synagogue