As the Allies advanced into Germany in April 1945, General Patton\'s Third Army discovered the collections of the Berlin museums hidden in a salt mine 2,100 feet underground. military government in Germany ordered that 202 "works of art of the greatest importance" from German public collections be sent to.
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Placed in the care of the "Monuments Men," the collections were sent to the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point, directed by Captain Walter I.
As the Allies advanced into Germany in April 1945, General Patton\'s Third Army discovered the collections of the Berlin museums hidden in a salt mine 2,100 feet underground