National Archives: United States: National Archives Announces Discovery of “Hitler Albums” Documenting Looted Art

At a National Archives press conference [last week], Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services and Robert M. Edsel, author of Rescuing Da Vinci and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, announced the discovery of two original leather bound photograph albums documenting art that was looted by the Nazis during World War II, both of which Mr. Edsel will donate to the National Archives under separate terms.

See Also: Documenting Nazi Plunder of European Art
+ Doing Looted Art Research at the National Archives
+ Read the Prologue article
+ More About Holocaust-Era Assets

Source: National Archives and Records Administration

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