In 1945, the Monuments Men established two primary central collecting points, in Munich and Wiesbaden, Germany, where shipments of stolen artwork and other loot—such as books, decorative arts, and ...

The monument was inaugurated on 16 July 1899 ... so that the goddess of victory could only turn her attention to Munich again in 1983. The two wings and the supporting leg had been renewed ...

The broken stones are also a monument for the Holocaust.” According to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, the Great Synagogue in Munich was the first synagogue that the Nazis destroyed ...

Munich's National Theater on Max-Joseph-Platz houses one of the largest opera stages in the world. The Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) and the Bayerische Staatsballett (Bavarian State ...

The art was hidden at various locations in Berchtesgaden, Germany, in the Bavarian Alps until discovered by the Monuments Men. The recovered artwork was then collected at Unterstein before transport ...