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Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar N. Bradley (r)
examine a suitcase of German loot stored in the Merkers
salt mine
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111-SC -204515) |
In a salt mine in
Merkers, Germany in 1945, the 90th Division, U.S. Third
Army, discovered Reichsbank wealth, SS loot, and
paintings from Berlin
(NARA
111-SC-205409) |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme
Allied Commander, accompanied by General Omar Bradley
and Lt. Gen. George Patton, Jr., inspects stolen art
treasures (NARA #SC - 204516) |
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American soldier inspects
German loot stored in a church at Elligen, Germany,
April 24, 1945
(NARA # 111-SC-204899) |
Hermann Goering's art
collection, stolen from museums across Europe, is stored
temporarily in buildings near Berchtesgaden while being
catalogued, June 9, 1945. (NARA #111-SC-207820) |
U.S. Soldiers examine
Edouard Manet's "In the Conservatory," April 25, 1945
(NARA #SC-203453-S) |
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Corporal Donald
Ornitz examines painting in the Merkers Mine
(NARA-111 - SC - 374692) |
SS
Major Kurt Baron Haller Von Hallerstein admitted that he
had buried nearly a million dollars worth of securities
and jewellery near Garmisch, Germany. May 25,
1945(NARA - 111-SC - 214475 -1) |
The Fuhrer at the Haus of
German Art, Munich (NARA, RG 242, Collection of Foreign
Records Seized, #HLB/2009) |
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| Jewish religious texts
found amongst the Nazi Gold
(NARA-111-SC-209154) |
Soldiers inspect vault in which the Bank of Italy had
stored 23 tons of gold (NARA-111-SC-214475-1) |
18th Century
Hebrew books uncovered in Heidelberg, Germany
(NARA-111-SC-342901) |
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General
Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied commander,
accompanied by General Omar N. Bradley, CG of the 12th
Army Group; MG Manton Eddy, CG, XII Corps, and COL
Bernard Burnstern, tours German salt mines in which
stolen treasure was hidden. 4/12/45.
RG 111-SC-204517 |
Six trucks
with part of the half billion dollars worth of
Florentine art treasure, which was taken to Bolsano by
retreating Germans, arrives at Piazzo Dei Signoria,
Florence, Italy and passes by reviewing stand of
American, English and Italian officials. 7/21/45.
RG 111-SC-210319 |
One of the
trucks that transported the art treasures to Florence,
Italy. The paintings had been stolen by the German Army
and recovered by the U.S. Army and returned to the city
of Florence. 7/23/45.
RG 111-SC-210396 |
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The Crown of
St. Stephen, photographed on the 3rd August 1945. The
Hungarian Royal Crown jewels have been in the custody of
the Seventh U.S. Army along with the Hungarian guard.
The jewels are going to the U.S. Army repository at
Frankfort, Germany for safe keeping. 8/3/45.
RG 111-SC-212507 |
A Rubens
painting "The Graces in the Gardens of the Hesperides"
taken by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR).
5/13/45.
RG 111-SC-374665 |
The Alfred
Rosenberg (ERR) files in a room of the Neuschwanstein
Castle. The largest Nazi art loot cache was found by
units of the 7th U.S. Army when they explored tunnels
under the castle. 5/13/45.
RG 111-SC-262104 |
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M. SGT
Harold Maus of Scranton, PA is pictured with the Durer
engraving, found among other art treasures at Merkers.
5/13/45.
RG 111-SC-374661 |
An unknown
Rembrandt recovered safe in Munich. 5/13/45.
RG 111-SC-374664 |
The Diego Velazquez Painting "Philip IV King of Spain", being
examined by GEN Mark W. Clark, CG USFA, who was the host
to allied leaders, and the Austrian people during a
ceremony where art treasures recovered by the U.S. Army
were returned to the rightful owners. LT. GEN Emile
Marie Bethourart of France, LT. GEN. R.L. McCreery of
Britain, Mr. Figl, Chancellor of Austria, and COL. GEN.
Alexis Zheltov, Russian Deputy Commander, were guests of
GEN Clark. 12/19/48. RG 111-SC-233882 |
