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As Allied Forces advanced across Europe, the Monuments Men discovered stolen treasures hidden underground, in mines across Germany and Austria.

Archives of American Art George Stout letter to his wife Margaret Stout
Archives of American Art Aerial view of Altaussee salt mines
Archives of American Art Salt mine buildings at Altaussee, Austria
Archives of American Art George Stout at entrance to the Altaussee salt mine
Archives of American Art Thomas Carr Howe, George Stout, and Karl Sieber in the Kammergrafen mine in Altaussee, Austria
Archives of American Art Herr Sicher, George Stout and Thomas Carr Howe inspecting paintings
Archives of American Art Two men standing by racks of paintings inside a salt mine in Altaussee, Austria
Archives of American Art Stephen Kovalyak, George Stout and Thomas Carr Howe transporting Michelangelo's sculpture Madonna and child
Archives of American Art Michelangelo's Madonna and child packed and loaded onto a truck
Archives of American Art Michelangelo's Madonna and Child packed onto a crate by soldiers at Altaussee, Austria
Archives of American Art Lt. Daniel J. Kern and Karl Sieber examining the Ghent Altarpiece in the Altaussee mine
Archives of American Art Lieutenant Daniel J. Kern and Karl Sieber examining a panel of the Ghent Altarpiece
Archives of American Art Soldiers standing in front of trucks for transporting art recovered in the salt mines at Altaussee, Austria
Archives of American Art George Stout and two unidentified men loading a truck at Altaussee, Austria

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