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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...

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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.

Examining Jan and Hubert van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece at the Altaussee salt mine

Lieut. Daniel J. Kern and German conservator Karl Sieber examining Jan and Hubert...

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