Lt. Frank Phidias Albright is one of the "Monuments Men", that the 2014 movie starring George Clooney was modeled after.
On June 23, 1943, President Roosevelt approved the formation of the "American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas" known as "The Roberts Commission". This became the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives "MFAA" section, under the auspices of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies.
The "Monuments Men" consisted of men and women volunteers from 13 countries, who had backgrounds in art, architecture and education.Their purpose was to protect as best they could, monuments, cultural and historic arts and treasures from being destroyed during World War II. It was a difficult and dangerous job, and some were killed in the line of duty.
The information they gave the allied armies about the locations of important historical places, helped determine where the allies attacked or avoided, taking the consideration of these locations before bombing forays were sent. The Monuments Men tracked, located, and restored over five million items stolen by Hitler and the Nazi Army, to the rightful owners. After returning home, many of these men and women played important roles in the building of some of the greatest cultural and educational institutions in the United States.
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Frank Phidias Albright was born March 2, 1903 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota to a family of German descent. He received his MA in 1936 and a PhD in classical archeology at Johns Hopkins in 1940. During that time he worked on a Greek archaeological expedition at Olynthus, worked at the Baltimore Museum of Art and supervised a WPA Artist project making scale architectural models of historic buildings in Baltimore.
In 1942, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps where he was assigned to teach meteorology and navigation, and work with photo intelligence and prisoner interrogations.1 After VE Day, May 8, 1945, he was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives branch where he directed the reopening of the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg, and assisted with the return of Nazi looted art. He was among the officials photographed with Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine when it was handed over to the Polish Liaison Officer, Major Karol Estreicher, as the Polish owned artworks arrived in Krakow.
After being discharged in June of 1946, Albright began teaching at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Union College in New York, and in 1951 was made chief archaeologist with the American Foundation for the Study of Man in South Arabia.
Obituary: Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 1999
Lt. Frank Phidias Albright's name and history with the organization are listed on the official Monuments Men Foundation website, where much of this information came from.
--http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/the-heroes/the-monuments-men/albright-lt.-frank-p.
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At the age of 53, he married 42 year old Lena Vance Armstrong 24 Nov 1956 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. It's unknown if this was his first marriage or not. At the time of his death, he was a 96 year old widow, living in a nursing home.
On June 23, 1943, President Roosevelt approved the formation of the "American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas" known as "The Roberts Commission". This became the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives "MFAA" section, under the auspices of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies.
The "Monuments Men" consisted of men and women volunteers from 13 countries, who had backgrounds in art, architecture and education.Their purpose was to protect as best they could, monuments, cultural and historic arts and treasures from being destroyed during World War II. It was a difficult and dangerous job, and some were killed in the line of duty.
The information they gave the allied armies about the locations of important historical places, helped determine where the allies attacked or avoided, taking the consideration of these locations before bombing forays were sent. The Monuments Men tracked, located, and restored over five million items stolen by Hitler and the Nazi Army, to the rightful owners. After returning home, many of these men and women played important roles in the building of some of the greatest cultural and educational institutions in the United States.
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Frank Phidias Albright was born March 2, 1903 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota to a family of German descent. He received his MA in 1936 and a PhD in classical archeology at Johns Hopkins in 1940. During that time he worked on a Greek archaeological expedition at Olynthus, worked at the Baltimore Museum of Art and supervised a WPA Artist project making scale architectural models of historic buildings in Baltimore.
In 1942, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps where he was assigned to teach meteorology and navigation, and work with photo intelligence and prisoner interrogations.1 After VE Day, May 8, 1945, he was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives branch where he directed the reopening of the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg, and assisted with the return of Nazi looted art. He was among the officials photographed with Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine when it was handed over to the Polish Liaison Officer, Major Karol Estreicher, as the Polish owned artworks arrived in Krakow.
After being discharged in June of 1946, Albright began teaching at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Union College in New York, and in 1951 was made chief archaeologist with the American Foundation for the Study of Man in South Arabia.
Obituary: Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 1999
Lt. Frank Phidias Albright's name and history with the organization are listed on the official Monuments Men Foundation website, where much of this information came from.
--http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/the-heroes/the-monuments-men/albright-lt.-frank-p.
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At the age of 53, he married 42 year old Lena Vance Armstrong 24 Nov 1956 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. It's unknown if this was his first marriage or not. At the time of his death, he was a 96 year old widow, living in a nursing home.
Lt. Frank Phidias Albright is one of the "Monuments Men", that the 2014 movie starring George Clooney was modeled after.
On June 23, 1943, President Roosevelt approved the formation of the "American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas" known as "The Roberts Commission". This became the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives "MFAA" section, under the auspices of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies.
The "Monuments Men" consisted of men and women volunteers from 13 countries, who had backgrounds in art, architecture and education.Their purpose was to protect as best they could, monuments, cultural and historic arts and treasures from being destroyed during World War II. It was a difficult and dangerous job, and some were killed in the line of duty.
The information they gave the allied armies about the locations of important historical places, helped determine where the allies attacked or avoided, taking the consideration of these locations before bombing forays were sent. The Monuments Men tracked, located, and restored over five million items stolen by Hitler and the Nazi Army, to the rightful owners. After returning home, many of these men and women played important roles in the building of some of the greatest cultural and educational institutions in the United States.
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Frank Phidias Albright was born March 2, 1903 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota to a family of German descent. He received his MA in 1936 and a PhD in classical archeology at Johns Hopkins in 1940. During that time he worked on a Greek archaeological expedition at Olynthus, worked at the Baltimore Museum of Art and supervised a WPA Artist project making scale architectural models of historic buildings in Baltimore.
In 1942, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps where he was assigned to teach meteorology and navigation, and work with photo intelligence and prisoner interrogations.1 After VE Day, May 8, 1945, he was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives branch where he directed the reopening of the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg, and assisted with the return of Nazi looted art. He was among the officials photographed with Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine when it was handed over to the Polish Liaison Officer, Major Karol Estreicher, as the Polish owned artworks arrived in Krakow.
After being discharged in June of 1946, Albright began teaching at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Union College in New York, and in 1951 was made chief archaeologist with the American Foundation for the Study of Man in South Arabia.
Obituary: Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 1999
Lt. Frank Phidias Albright's name and history with the organization are listed on the official Monuments Men Foundation website, where much of this information came from.
--http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/the-heroes/the-monuments-men/albright-lt.-frank-p.
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At the age of 53, he married 42 year old Lena Vance Armstrong 24 Nov 1956 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. It's unknown if this was his first marriage or not. At the time of his death, he was a 96 year old widow, living in a nursing home.
On June 23, 1943, President Roosevelt approved the formation of the "American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas" known as "The Roberts Commission". This became the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives "MFAA" section, under the auspices of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies.
The "Monuments Men" consisted of men and women volunteers from 13 countries, who had backgrounds in art, architecture and education.Their purpose was to protect as best they could, monuments, cultural and historic arts and treasures from being destroyed during World War II. It was a difficult and dangerous job, and some were killed in the line of duty.
The information they gave the allied armies about the locations of important historical places, helped determine where the allies attacked or avoided, taking the consideration of these locations before bombing forays were sent. The Monuments Men tracked, located, and restored over five million items stolen by Hitler and the Nazi Army, to the rightful owners. After returning home, many of these men and women played important roles in the building of some of the greatest cultural and educational institutions in the United States.
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Frank Phidias Albright was born March 2, 1903 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota to a family of German descent. He received his MA in 1936 and a PhD in classical archeology at Johns Hopkins in 1940. During that time he worked on a Greek archaeological expedition at Olynthus, worked at the Baltimore Museum of Art and supervised a WPA Artist project making scale architectural models of historic buildings in Baltimore.
In 1942, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps where he was assigned to teach meteorology and navigation, and work with photo intelligence and prisoner interrogations.1 After VE Day, May 8, 1945, he was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives branch where he directed the reopening of the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg, and assisted with the return of Nazi looted art. He was among the officials photographed with Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine when it was handed over to the Polish Liaison Officer, Major Karol Estreicher, as the Polish owned artworks arrived in Krakow.
After being discharged in June of 1946, Albright began teaching at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Union College in New York, and in 1951 was made chief archaeologist with the American Foundation for the Study of Man in South Arabia.
Obituary: Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 1999
Lt. Frank Phidias Albright's name and history with the organization are listed on the official Monuments Men Foundation website, where much of this information came from.
--http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/the-heroes/the-monuments-men/albright-lt.-frank-p.
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At the age of 53, he married 42 year old Lena Vance Armstrong 24 Nov 1956 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. It's unknown if this was his first marriage or not. At the time of his death, he was a 96 year old widow, living in a nursing home.
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