` ` The Monuments Men '' ' rekindles memories of a grandfather 's memorial service . In Berlin , Seymour Pomrenze oversaw a depot of cultural artifacts looted by Nazis . Seymour 's job was to get them back to the countries and peoples they belonged to . Near the end of World War II , my grandfather volunteered for the OSS ( the intelligence agency that was the precursor to the CIA ) , hoping to go overseas . The depot , under him and his successors , managed to return more than 3 million objects .
` ` The Monuments Men '' ' rekindles memories of a grandfather 's memorial service . In Berlin , Seymour Pomrenze oversaw a depot of cultural artifacts looted by Nazis . Seymour 's job was to get them back to the countries and peoples they belonged to . The depot , under him and his successors , managed to return more than 3 million objects .