Robert M. Edsel

Robert M. Edsel
Born (1956-12-28) December 28, 1956
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Notable workThe Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
Parent(s)Norma Louise (née Morse)
Alpha Ray Edsel
Websitehttps://www.robertedsel.com/

Robert Morse Edsel (born December 28, 1956) is an American businessman and author. He has written five non-fiction books - Rescuing Da Vinci (2006), Monuments Men (2007);Saving Italy (2013); Remember Us (2025); and The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2019). A film based on his book, The Monuments Men, directed by and starring George Clooney, was released in February 2014.

Edsel is the co-producer of the documentary film, The Rape of Europa (2007). He is also founder and chairman of the Monuments Men and Women Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush. The foundation has donated four albums of photographic evidence of the Third Reich's theft of art treasures to the United States National Archives.

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