Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFA&A) (Q4209)
The Roberts Commission was instrumental in creating the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFA&A) Section of the U.S. Army. MFA&A were charged with protecting cultural treasures in European war zones.
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Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFA&A)
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The Roberts Commission was instrumental in creating the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFA&A) Section of the U.S. Army. MFA&A were charged with protecting cultural treasures in European war zones.
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The “American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas,” known as the Roberts Commission, created the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFA&A) on 23 June 1943. The MFA&A was attached to elements of the U.S. Army; its cultural advisors were given military ranks and incorporated into the occupation administrations established in the U.S. Zo
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