Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park In Aachen, Germany, during mid-November 1944, American soldiers found a document from the Suermondt Museum that indicated that the Germans were storing cultural treasures at various locations, including Bad Wildungen, 25 miles southwest of Kassel. The exact storage location … Continue reading The Monuments Men in July: The Treasures Stored at Bad Wildungen
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A Monuments Man Investigator: Walter Horn
This is the ninth in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men. Today’s post is by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See related posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, Mason Hammond, Edith Standen, Karol Estreicher, S. Lane Faison, and Sir Hilary Jenkinson. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments … Continue reading A Monuments Man Investigator: Walter Horn