WORLD WAR II: STOLEN ART. .American soldiers examine the painting, ‘Wintergarden,’ by Edouard Manet, which had been looted by the German SS during World War II and hidden in a salt mine vault in Merkers, Germany, where it was discovered by troops in 1945. WORLD WAR II: STOLEN ART. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Accessed Apr 16, 2019.
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Author:Brooke Fife
Interviewer: Zach Sims
During World War II, art was looted throughout Europe. Art looting and art preservation was done primarily through the Soviet Union, Nazi art theft organizations, and the Monuments Men/Allied Forces. Each side believed that they were the heroes of the art world. Yet, in the end there were no true heroes or villains as individuals on both sides fell somewhere in between.