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Upon entering Germany in 1944, the U.S. Army was ordered to seize any property that had been transferred under duress or through wrongful acts of confiscation or disposition, and to block the relocation of artworks and cultural materials regardless of ownership. Such items, looted by the Nazis, came under U.S. government control until they could be returned to their rightful owners. These records pertain to those objects and their restitution.…More
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Annotation added: Everett P. Lesley
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Prince Ludwig/Hesse is likely my ancestor. A child born in Paris,FR(1823)named Johann Frederick Christian Daubert,naturalized in America as Christian Frederick Dane was likely fathered by grandfather/ggf of Prince Ludwig;lineage connects by Mary HAASmisselaineous commented on this Spotlight. (27 Aug 2011)
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Spotlight added: Hans Holbein's Meyer Madonna
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Source Information
Records Relating to Monuments, Museums, Libraries, Archives, and Fine Arts of the Cultural Affairs Branch, OMGUS, 1946-1949. Original data from: The National Archives
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