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Also Known As	MFAA • Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives • MFA&A
Date	1943 - 1951

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Black and white image shows American soldiers viewing Edouard Manets painting before it was transported from the Merker salt mines in Germany.

This black-and-white image depicts Monuments Men Lt. Daniel J. Kern and conservator Karl Sieber inspecting the Ghent Altarpiece inside the Altaussee salt mine in 1945.

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