El Greco’s 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz' protected by sandbags during the Spanish Civil War, Toledo, 1937
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The Louvre during the Second World War.
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Laure Albin Guillot, The Louvre during World War II, 1939
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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg / Leningrad during World War II
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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg / Leningrad during World War II
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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg / Leningrad during World War II
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Michelangelo's David and unfinished Slave sculptures encased in brick to protect them from the oncoming Allied front, Florence, 1944
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Part of Himmler's hoard of looted artworks, discovered in the SS headquarters, Wewelsburg, Westphalia
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American soldiers discover Manet's “In the Conservatory” that was hidden (amongst other loot) in the salt mines of Merker, Germany. 1945.
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A U.S. soldier stands among thousands of artworks stolen by the Nazis and stored in a church at Elligen, Germany, during World War Two
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Troopers of the 101st Airborne recovering art that was stolen by Hermann Göring, April 1945 Unterstein, Germany.
Archaeological Museum of Athens. Just before covering everything with earth for protection during WWII
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