Art stolen by the nazi's (most were stored in salt mines) and eventually recovered by the US ARMY

American soldiers discover Manet's painting hidden in the salt mines 1945

The Diego Velazquez Painting Philip IV King of Spain, recovered by the U.S. Army were returned to the rightful owners

Six trucks with part of the half billion dollars worth of Florentine art treasure, which was taken to Bolsano by retreating Germans, arrives at Piazzo Dei Signoria, Florence, Italy

ReichsBank wealth, SS loot, and Berlin Museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine vault located in Merkers, Germany. The 3rd U.S. Army discovered the gold and other treasure in April 1945.

German loot stored in church at Ellingen, Germany found by troops of the U.S. Third Army.

Durer engraving, found among other art treasures at Merker

An unknown Rembrandt recovered safe in Munich