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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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Black and white image shows American soldiers viewing Edouard Manets painting before it was transported from the Merker salt mines in Germany.
Recovering Édouard Manet's In the Conservatory from the Merkers salt mine Éduoard Manet's In the Conservatory (1879) was among the artworks recovered by monuments officers from the Merkers salt mine in Germany.

monuments men and women

cultural artifact program, World War II
Also known as: MFA&A, MFAA, Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives(Show More)
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monuments men and women, informal name for members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) program run by the Allied powers during World War II. The MFAA was active between 1943 and 1951 and worked to preserve items and landmarks of cultural and historical significance in the wake of the Allied advance through Europe. In 1945 the MFAA was extended to include the Pacific theater, with a branch in Japan. MFAA agents were also...

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