Event Dime

The American school of spies : the archaeologists who fought the Nazis and saved the treasures of Ancient Greece by Talty, Stephan.

When:

June 25, 2026 · 5:38 PM

Where:

Greece

Source:

Fairfax County Public Library

In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis weren't just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the world's most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel. Young set about recruiting the most unlikely o