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Interview with The Monument Men

https://vimeo.com/167470272

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HGenre #4-closing remarks: Tenacity, Perseverance, self motivations, some of my favorite words that without them you and me alike would never have been able to reach such heights, and achieve such goals.

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HGenre #4-closing remarks: Tenacity, Perseverance, self motivations, some of my favorite words that without them you and me alike would never have been able to reach such heights, and achieve such goals.

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                                                                                          Bibliograhies

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                                                                                            Genre#4:script                                                                               

These are the successes! The ones who were able to follow
the rules and become a great help to the artist community. I am proud to say
that I have raised all of you to become great helps in one of the most
important war efforts of all time, the Monument Men. (Look proud) And on the
other side, the rejects of Monument Men school. We successes could laugh at the
rejects for their foolishness, but that is not the main purpose of the M-Men.
The Monument Men were made to help people not to laugh at someone because of a
simple mistake. For that reason, we will all be looking at a documentary of
real-life Monument Men like me. This will help guys learn even more about these
particular people, and also how our jobs connect with the generation today.
Plus, your teacher, Mrs. Rife is it, says it is always good to put a face with
a story.

 

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                                                                                            Genre#4:script                                                                               

These are the successes! The ones who were able to follow
the rules and become a great help to the artist community. I am proud to say
that I have raised all of you to become great helps in one of the most
important war efforts of all time, the Monument Men. (Look proud) And on the
other side, the rejects of Monument Men school. We successes could laugh at the
rejects for their foolishness, but that is not the main purpose of the M-Men.
The Monument Men were made to help people not to laugh at someone because of a
simple mistake. For that reason, we will all be looking at a documentary of
real-life Monument Men like me. This will help guys learn even more about these
particular people, and also how our jobs connect with the generation today.
Plus, your teacher, Mrs. Rife is it, says it is always good to put a face with
a story.

 

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3-4 Genre Transition script

    As you may now know, having a plan is a
pretty big part of being a Monument Man. The ones who followed directions and
made a plan stood out amongst the other groups, while the ones who didn’t, act
as a disgrace to the artist community. The students who decided to do their own
thing, while others worked hard,  ended up
almost as useless as ST math. Nobody likes ST math, nd for that reason you
shall stay here and get a scolding for their careless actions, while I proceed
with the students who were able to complete the task. (Take the students to the
next Genre). 

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3-4 Genre Transition script

    As you may now know, having a plan is a
pretty big part of being a Monument Man. The ones who followed directions and
made a plan stood out amongst the other groups, while the ones who didn’t, act
as a disgrace to the artist community. The students who decided to do their own
thing, while others worked hard,  ended up
almost as useless as ST math. Nobody likes ST math, nd for that reason you
shall stay here and get a scolding for their careless actions, while I proceed
with the students who were able to complete the task. (Take the students to the
next Genre). 

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                                                                 Genre #3: speech and exploration,

 

                                                         (Have
them divide into their teams) For the next few minutes you all will be looking
for your paintings in a monument men simulation. The task is simple, find your
painting based off the information already given to you. The first group of
monument children to succeed in the task will be rewarded w/ great respect from
the artist community. Not only because you have found a great masterpiece, but
in some cases a centerpiece from a religion, or even a country. All of these
things the Monument Men were finding, which believe me was a lot of, were not
always paintings. Take for example group 4, their piece is a crown stolen from
the Rulers of Hungary. That of course I had found (shrug). As you can imagine,
stealing a counties royal crown is a pretty big deal to some, so you can say
I'm pretty much a hero. Since you kids are still pretty young, you may look up
to a hero like me. Knowing that people want to follow in my footsteps makes me
feel so good and I'm sure you guys would feel good too. However, to become such
a hero you need to be able to understand/ withstand many things. The first
thing you people need to know about is the true struggles, the struggles that
we had faced. Not only did we have to keep ourselves together physically, but
also mentally. You had to withstand fitting through small caves, and of course
getting VERY dirty. However, the more common struggle had to be not being
overwhelmed by things. We may be given the task to retrieve, classify, and
price 3000 paintings in one day. This may seem like the hardest thing to do in
the world, but we understood that no job is easy. So, we are going to make you
not only find you painting, but find classify, and price 1000 paintings. I
joke, that would be too easy 3000 paintings. What? Ok fine, only 30 paintings,
but don't make me raise the amount, because believe123 me I will. That is just
a warning. Now I hesitate to say this, but I’m going to give you but one hint,
paintings are not always where they seem, look high and low, and heck with it
look medium, wherever you can. The final hint is… well actually you’ll find out
in a bit. You will have 2 minutes. Only one person from each group in the cave
at once. When you are not in the cave you will be looking in the research
center where you will be trying to classify each of the paintings you found.
Once one person finds a painting, it is next person’s turn. Any questions? Gut.
Jetzt gehen, müssen Sie nicht viel Zeit. Ihr Plan schnell entwickeln. What? Oh
yeah, that means go and develop a plan as quick as you can.

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
Have them make a plan- go in the caves

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Set a timer for 2 minutes

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At 1:30 tell them that there is hints as to where there painting
was found on the backs of other paintings.|

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

At 1:00 tell them that my crew would have definitely found all of
the paintings by now

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At 45 sec. tell them to use their hints to their advantage |                                                                                                                                                                                                      

At 30 sec. tell them is it really that hard.

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At 25 sec. tell them you're having fun at least right.
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At 15 sec. Start counting down from 5, wait you still have ten
seconds left, go, go ,go|

 

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                                                                 Genre #3: speech and exploration,

 

                                                         (Have
them divide into their teams) For the next few minutes you all will be looking
for your paintings in a monument men simulation. The task is simple, find your
painting based off the information already given to you. The first group of
monument children to succeed in the task will be rewarded w/ great respect from
the artist community. Not only because you have found a great masterpiece, but
in some cases a centerpiece from a religion, or even a country. All of these
things the Monument Men were finding, which believe me was a lot of, were not
always paintings. Take for example group 4, their piece is a crown stolen from
the Rulers of Hungary. That of course I had found (shrug). As you can imagine,
stealing a counties royal crown is a pretty big deal to some, so you can say
I'm pretty much a hero. Since you kids are still pretty young, you may look up
to a hero like me. Knowing that people want to follow in my footsteps makes me
feel so good and I'm sure you guys would feel good too. However, to become such
a hero you need to be able to understand/ withstand many things. The first
thing you people need to know about is the true struggles, the struggles that
we had faced. Not only did we have to keep ourselves together physically, but
also mentally. You had to withstand fitting through small caves, and of course
getting VERY dirty. However, the more common struggle had to be not being
overwhelmed by things. We may be given the task to retrieve, classify, and
price 3000 paintings in one day. This may seem like the hardest thing to do in
the world, but we understood that no job is easy. So, we are going to make you
not only find you painting, but find classify, and price 1000 paintings. I
joke, that would be too easy 3000 paintings. What? Ok fine, only 30 paintings,
but don't make me raise the amount, because believe123 me I will. That is just
a warning. Now I hesitate to say this, but I’m going to give you but one hint,
paintings are not always where they seem, look high and low, and heck with it
look medium, wherever you can. The final hint is… well actually you’ll find out
in a bit. You will have 2 minutes. Only one person from each group in the cave
at once. When you are not in the cave you will be looking in the research
center where you will be trying to classify each of the paintings you found.
Once one person finds a painting, it is next person’s turn. Any questions? Gut.
Jetzt gehen, müssen Sie nicht viel Zeit. Ihr Plan schnell entwickeln. What? Oh
yeah, that means go and develop a plan as quick as you can.

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
Have them make a plan- go in the caves

|

Set a timer for 2 minutes

|
                                                                                                                                                                                                     
At 1:30 tell them that there is hints as to where there painting
was found on the backs of other paintings.|

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

At 1:00 tell them that my crew would have definitely found all of
the paintings by now

|
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
At 45 sec. tell them to use their hints to their advantage |                                                                                                                                                                                                      

At 30 sec. tell them is it really that hard.

|
                                                                                                                                                                                                     
At 25 sec. tell them you're having fun at least right.
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At 15 sec. Start counting down from 5, wait you still have ten
seconds left, go, go ,go|

 

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                                                                        Monument Men Art Gallery

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                                                                        Monument Men Art Gallery

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                                                                              Monument Men Digital Map

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                                                                              Monument Men Digital Map

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2-3 Genre transition script:

    As you can see taking notes is a big
part in being a part of the Monument Men. Some of you learned this from the
failure of your classmates, and some of them learned this, well the hard way.
However, taking notes is not the only big factor of being a Monument Man. It
may seem like I am taking this good notes stuff too far, but believe me, you
will need these skills if you want to be successful. Now this next part of the
simulation not only test your physical ability to find the paintings, but the
efficiency of the time given to you. Along the way you will face many faults as
we did and that's ok, it just how you persevere through the faults that matter.
So, I shall now take you to the caves where you will start true exploration.  

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2-3 Genre transition script:

    As you can see taking notes is a big
part in being a part of the Monument Men. Some of you learned this from the
failure of your classmates, and some of them learned this, well the hard way.
However, taking notes is not the only big factor of being a Monument Man. It
may seem like I am taking this good notes stuff too far, but believe me, you
will need these skills if you want to be successful. Now this next part of the
simulation not only test your physical ability to find the paintings, but the
efficiency of the time given to you. Along the way you will face many faults as
we did and that's ok, it just how you persevere through the faults that matter.
So, I shall now take you to the caves where you will start true exploration.  

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 Genre #2 Speech:   Another important thing
to note about the monument men is that they always had a plan whether it worked
out or not, we always had a plan. What you guys are going to be doing is you
will all be trying to find where each of these paintings was found on the map.
However, one person can’t do all of that. So, you will each be broken into
groups where you will examine your painting, or artifacts that will in the end
lead you to place your panting in the correct position. The way you can achieve
this, is by drawing. Line from your painting to where you believe it is located
on a map of Europe. (Tell them, that it should look like this draw a line) You
may now get into your groups and discuss you notes to conduct a finished
project. Once you are all done we will reveal the answers. (Set a timer for 2
minutes) Ok I assume you are all done with your product. (Inspect each of the
lines closely) Well, I not really sure how to put this… Um, at least you tried
I guess? I don’t know if I should show you the answers, it may be too
embarrassing for some of you. Oh, I’ll show the answers anyway (show the
answers and do a quick review). 

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 Genre #2 Speech:   Another important thing
to note about the monument men is that they always had a plan whether it worked
out or not, we always had a plan. What you guys are going to be doing is you
will all be trying to find where each of these paintings was found on the map.
However, one person can’t do all of that. So, you will each be broken into
groups where you will examine your painting, or artifacts that will in the end
lead you to place your panting in the correct position. The way you can achieve
this, is by drawing. Line from your painting to where you believe it is located
on a map of Europe. (Tell them, that it should look like this draw a line) You
may now get into your groups and discuss you notes to conduct a finished
project. Once you are all done we will reveal the answers. (Set a timer for 2
minutes) Ok I assume you are all done with your product. (Inspect each of the
lines closely) Well, I not really sure how to put this… Um, at least you tried
I guess? I don’t know if I should show you the answers, it may be too
embarrassing for some of you. Oh, I’ll show the answers anyway (show the
answers and do a quick review). 

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1-2 Genre transition script:

    Now, I hope that you have all taken
extensive notes because without them, you will be inefficient to the help of
saving the art community. Now something so simple as to taking notes may not
seem like a big deal. But if we monument men did not take notes, take it from
me; the job would be 200 times harder. So, if you used the information given to
you about the monument men to your advantage, you should do well, but if you
did not take notes, and then you will most likely suffer in the next part of
the simulation. I wish this has given you some motivation, and urge to do well
in this next part, that is all I have to say. So, I guess that means we are on
to the next fragment follow me.

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1-2 Genre transition script:

    Now, I hope that you have all taken
extensive notes because without them, you will be inefficient to the help of
saving the art community. Now something so simple as to taking notes may not
seem like a big deal. But if we monument men did not take notes, take it from
me; the job would be 200 times harder. So, if you used the information given to
you about the monument men to your advantage, you should do well, but if you
did not take notes, and then you will most likely suffer in the next part of
the simulation. I wish this has given you some motivation, and urge to do well
in this next part, that is all I have to say. So, I guess that means we are on
to the next fragment follow me.

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                                                                       Genre #1: speech

                                                                                
Now before I begin blabbing I want you all to have a little time to explore
these paintings and artifacts. You may take notes on the back of your card
about the painting you are looking at.  This may help in the future... (Give them 3 minutes to look and take notes on the
artifacts) Are you guys good or do
you need more time? Good. Now I shall start my blabbing. So, all of you need to
come toward the mystic lamb painting. This painting was created by Jan van
Eyck, one of the more famous artists I would say. And it was found in 194. Some
of you may know this piece because it is the centerpiece of the original
Christian church. Let's just say it's a pretty huge deal to have found it. This
painting was found in the Altaussee mine. Now this is located in the high
Austrian Alps, just southeast of Munich. The Altaussee mine is actually the
location where most of the paintings were found. Any guesses on why they would
locate the paintings in the high Alps? Ah, yes mostly because it is very rural,
and VERY hard to find. This was the case with most of the paintings; they were
located in rural areas so that nobody would find them. The next painting we are
going to be looking at is the Wintergarden painting. This was by the artist
Eduard Maynet, who is also very well known. Although you may not be familiar
with this painting, you should know that it is truly priceless. This painting
was found in 1945. And where was it found Matt? Good. The Vault at Merkers was
near the center of Germany. Now, although it may seem like the center of
Germany would be very populated, it is actually very rural. Are you starting to
see a pattern about where these paintings are being hidden? This pattern will
continue throughout the whole art gallery. The next painting that we are going
to look at, is not a painting at all. This artifact is an actually crown from
the Hungarian rulers. This artifact was stolen from the Palace of Buda in
Budapest and was quickly transported near the Village of Mattsee in Bavaria,
Germany. Now, Bavaria is only rural in some parts which make it apart from the
other paintings. First off the Village of Mattsee is in southeast Germany, near
Munich and other big cities. However, since this particular village is north of
Munich, it is more rural. The funny thing about this artifact was that it was
so valuable that they could not put it in a mine, but sunken in a marshland. We
had to go swimming and find the crown using special tools. The final painting
is Philip IV King of Spain by the artist Diego Velazquez. As you can imagine a
painting of a world ruler is a pretty big deal, especially if it is crafted by
Velazquez, a very famous artist. This painting was found in the Altaussee Mine,
which again is in the high Austrian Alps southeast of Munich. 

 

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                                                                       Genre #1: speech

                                                                                
Now before I begin blabbing I want you all to have a little time to explore
these paintings and artifacts. You may take notes on the back of your card
about the painting you are looking at.  This may help in the future... (Give them 3 minutes to look and take notes on the
artifacts) Are you guys good or do
you need more time? Good. Now I shall start my blabbing. So, all of you need to
come toward the mystic lamb painting. This painting was created by Jan van
Eyck, one of the more famous artists I would say. And it was found in 194. Some
of you may know this piece because it is the centerpiece of the original
Christian church. Let's just say it's a pretty huge deal to have found it. This
painting was found in the Altaussee mine. Now this is located in the high
Austrian Alps, just southeast of Munich. The Altaussee mine is actually the
location where most of the paintings were found. Any guesses on why they would
locate the paintings in the high Alps? Ah, yes mostly because it is very rural,
and VERY hard to find. This was the case with most of the paintings; they were
located in rural areas so that nobody would find them. The next painting we are
going to be looking at is the Wintergarden painting. This was by the artist
Eduard Maynet, who is also very well known. Although you may not be familiar
with this painting, you should know that it is truly priceless. This painting
was found in 1945. And where was it found Matt? Good. The Vault at Merkers was
near the center of Germany. Now, although it may seem like the center of
Germany would be very populated, it is actually very rural. Are you starting to
see a pattern about where these paintings are being hidden? This pattern will
continue throughout the whole art gallery. The next painting that we are going
to look at, is not a painting at all. This artifact is an actually crown from
the Hungarian rulers. This artifact was stolen from the Palace of Buda in
Budapest and was quickly transported near the Village of Mattsee in Bavaria,
Germany. Now, Bavaria is only rural in some parts which make it apart from the
other paintings. First off the Village of Mattsee is in southeast Germany, near
Munich and other big cities. However, since this particular village is north of
Munich, it is more rural. The funny thing about this artifact was that it was
so valuable that they could not put it in a mine, but sunken in a marshland. We
had to go swimming and find the crown using special tools. The final painting
is Philip IV King of Spain by the artist Diego Velazquez. As you can imagine a
painting of a world ruler is a pretty big deal, especially if it is crafted by
Velazquez, a very famous artist. This painting was found in the Altaussee Mine,
which again is in the high Austrian Alps southeast of Munich. 

 

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Now, I know your teacher Mrs. Hornick gave you some background on the Monument Men Before I had arrived, but just to refresh your memory, it is a group of about 350 people that volunteered to help save the many arts looted by the Nazi's. The people that were involved were usually cultivators, historians, and artist. So far the Monument men have recovered over 5 million paintings. These are just the basic facts that everyday citizens should know, but what about the parts they do not know, it is my job to inform you about those secret parts. The monument men had to undergo many hardships. They did not often know what they were going to find, or what dangers awaited them. You see, what most people don't understand about the monument men is that they were actually put in danger at times. It was not just exploring through beautiful palaces looking for paintings. Searching through the Alt Aussie mine (for example) was not an easy task. Oh I’m getting too ahead of myself, my name is Harry Ettlinger, a Jew who left Germany during WWII. I was sent back to Germany to fight as one of the American Soldiers, something I had desired to do for a very long time. However, the harsh realities of the war, even from the American side, was very hard to comprehend for someone who had suffered in Germany. I felt sick every night, and day for weeks. About 3 weeks after being stationed in Normandy, on the front line, one of the American generals realized that I could speak fluent German. He had decided I would be most effective in the post office, translating the messages written in German. Although I had liked this better than the war front, I felt that I wasn't serving the United States in the way I originally desired. I felt I wasn't paying my dues for the country, so I started to tell people.When they heard this most of the time they would say something like "what am I supposed to do", but one day the general of my group had found out about my remarks and he recommended me to be one the Monument Men. This had just started up, and they needed recruits, I felt I couldn't say no to the offer. Therefore I was shipped of to France where I started my first few days of being a monument man. I had to learn to read maps and take extensive notes, and work on a physical level, which were some of the many thing I had struggled with. In my head everyone seemed so much better than me at everything. (Pause for drama) Only I could speak and read German, which the other people could not. So, for that reason and that reason only I was put in for the job. This job wasn't much better than the front line, but it did have safety benefits. You had to do some serious cave exploration where it would be sometimes fun, but most of the time you would end up hitting your head and having a lot of soreness. This may seem bad to you but the front line was even worse, you had to withstand the constant fears, and you had to have a way to survive the Nazi's. However, the mental benefits of the Monument Men just simply weren't there.  Everyday you were checking through multiple files, deciding how to price paintings, you also have to do tons of research on each painting so you know the artist, when it was made... I could go on forever. This is why I need your help to find some very praised paintings.