Monuments Men

Have you seen "Monuments Men?" I just watched the documentary (not the recently released George Clooney movie), and as an art lover, I was horrified how much destruction of art occurred during WWII. Some stories were familiar, such as the theft and recovery of the Ghent altar masterpiece, and Michelangelo's statue of the Madonna and Child in Bruges, below. But there was much more art that unfortunately was lost forever.

This part of history influenced my novel, THE JEWELRY CASE, which involves a set of legendary jewelry that disappeared during the Holocaust, only to resurface in modern-day Northern California. I am a firm believer that the past is never entirely behind us. It influences what happens today, whether we're aware of it or not. That is one of the reasons I enjoy reading and writing historical fiction: it is one way to bring the past to life.

http://www.amazon.com/Jewelry-Case-Catherine-McGreevy-ebook/dp/B00GX66SGA/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402888324&sr=1-2