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Chapter XII: Part 12

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“Photo Marburg,” 234

Picasso, Pablo, 241, 242

Pilsen, 254

Place de la Concorde, 18, 23

Place Vendôme, 17

Platter Hof, 192

Plaut, Lt. Jim, 20, 128, 131, 132, 133, 179, 181, 184, 241

Pötschen Pass, 131, 171, 184

Poland, 50, 196, 252, 254, 260, 272, 293

Poland, King of, 252

Polis, Lt. Col. H., 267

_Polnische Grausamkeit, Die_ (_The Polish Atrocity_), 224

Polyhymnia, statue by Canova, 93

Pompeii, 152

_Portrait of a Lady Sealing a Letter_, Chardin, 234

_Portrait of a Young Woman_, Bordone, 166

_Portrait of Pope Clement VII_, Sebastiano del Piombo, 152

_Portrait of the Artist in His Studio_, Vermeer, 151

_Portrait of the Artist’s Mother_, Whistler, 232

Posey, Capt. Robert, Third Army Monuments Officer, 58, 59;
described, 60, 67;
sends Howe to Grassau, 68;
Hohenfurth evacuation, 104, 105, 107, 108;
Howe to Alt Aussee, 128;
and Ghent altarpiece, 147, 148;
Bormann letter, 155;
Rothschild jewels, 175;
instructions to Howe, 178, 179;
and Michel, 184;
plans, 215;
St. Agatha pictures, 223;
sends team to Hohenfurth, 227;
Belgian restitution, 244, 245;
demobilized, 246;
mentioned, 62, 75, 78, 85, 103, 112, 139, 177, 213, 214, 219, 225,
236

Posse, Dr. Hans, 163

Posthumus-Meyjes, Col. W. C., 270

Poulard, Mère, 17

Prague, 254

_Presentation in the Temple_, Master of the Holy Kinship, 206

Prien, 72, 73

Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, 46, 47

Prince Regent of Belgium, 244

Prinz Karl Palais, 55

Prinz Regenten-Strasse, 55, 57

Prinz-Regenten Theater, 66

Property Control, 63

Prussia, King of, 145

Punxsutawney, Pa., 118

Putnam, Capt., 204

PX rations, 129, 256

Queen Nefertete, statue, 50, 286, 287

Rackham, Arthur, 80

Rae, Capt. Edwin, 50, 51, 53, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254,
261, 271

Raphael, 262

Ratensky, Lt. Samuel, 277, 284, 285

“Raven, The,” Poe, 167

Red Cross Club, 18, 31, 266

Reeds, Cpl. James, 259, 261, 263

Regional Military Government office, Munich, 33

Regnitz River, 248

Reichsbank, Frankfurt, 32, 48, 51, 52, 53, 108, 246, 261, 287

Reichskanzlei, Berlin, 151

Reichszeugmeisterei (Quartermaster Corps buildings), 57

Rembrandt, 44, 150, 151, 153, 262

Renders, M., 191

Renders Collection at Brussels, 191

René, 36

Reparations, Deliveries and Restitution Division of the U. S. Group
Control Council, 195.
_See also_ Group Control Council

Residenz, at Würzburg, 47, 48, 280

Restitution Commission, 270

Restitution Control Branch of the Economics Division, 259, 263, 264

“Return of the Old Masters, The,” Exhibition, 270

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 150

Rhineland museums, 32, 118

Rhine River, 266

Ribbentrop, von, 130

Ribera, 185

_Richmond, Duke of_, Van Dyck, 198

Rifkind, Judge Samuel, 281

Rijksmuseum, 154, 267, 269, 270

_Ring of the Nibelung_, Wagner, 66

Ritchie, Andrew, 251

Robert, Hubert, 172, 185

Roberts, Justice, 15

Roberts Commission, 15, 20, 25, 31, 192, 262

Rochlitz, Gustav, 241, 242

Roel, Jonkheer, 267

Roget, Roger, 71, 81, 82, 83, 95, 96, 98, 101, 134

Rollin, Armand, 232

Rorimer, Lt. James, 105, 238, 280

Rosenberg, Alfred, 22, 100, 101, 114, 149

Rosenberg, castle of, 114

Rosenberg, Dukes of, 100

Rosenberg Task Force, _see_ Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg

Rosenheim, 102, 109, 128

Rosenheimer-Strasse, 57, 71

Ross, Gen., 279

Rothschild, Baron Édouard de, 198

Rothschild Collection, 91, 106, 151

Rothschild jewels, 174-175, 177

Rothschild Library, 281, 286

Rothschild treasures, 239

Rothschilds, of Paris, 205

Rothschilds, of Vienna, 151

Rousseau, Lt. Ted, 128, 131, 132, 133, 179, 181, 183, 184, 241

Royal Monceau (hotel), 18, 19, 21, 223

Rubens, Peter Paul, 78, 150, 153, 172, 182, 198, 199, 235, 245

Rudolf, of Mayerling, 93

Rue Berthier, 27, 30

Rue Castiglione, 17

Rue de Rivoli, 17

Rue Presbourg, 19

Russian Ballet, 167

Russian Military Government, 294

Russian Zone of Occupied Germany, 248, 249

Ruysdael, Jacob, 235

Sachs, Prof., 50

_Sacra Conversazione_, Vecchio, 152

St. Agatha, 131, 184, 223, 225

St. Barbara, statues, 207, 224

St. George and the Dragon statues, 207

St. Gilgen, 128, 130

St. John, 148, 253

St. John Nepomuk, 100

_St. John the Baptist_, panel, 145

St. Paul, 253

St. Paul’s, London, 21

St. Peter, 253

St. Wolfgang, 128, 165

St. Wolfgang See, 130

Salonika, 144, 160

Salzburg, 24, 25, 59, 61, 68, 81, 83, 102, 111, 113, 125, 128, 130,
162, 168, 171, 175, 176, 178, 182, 187, 192

“Sammlung Berta,” 151

San Francisco, Calif., 14, 15, 166, 240, 257

_Saskia_, Rembrandt, 194

Sattler, Dietrich, 256

Saxony, 55

Schatzkammer, 252, 253

Schiller, von, 186

Schiphol airport, 267, 268, 271

Schloss Banz, 250, 271

Schloss Friedrichshof, 40

Schloss Konopischt, 164, 165

Schloss Kronberg, 38

Schloss Lichtwert, 110

Schloss Linderhof, 215

Schloss Marzoll, 225

Schloss Matzen, 109, 110

Schloss Neuschwanstein, 148, 215, 219, 227, 236, 237-242, 266

Schloss Rossbach, 42, 44

Schloss Stauffeneck-Tiereck, 225

Schloss Tambach, 249, 250, 251

Schloss Wiesenthau, 253

Schmedes, von, 109

Schönborn family, the, 47

Schuvalov, Prince, 78

Schwannenstadt, 125

_Seduction_, Boucher, 197

_Self-Portrait_, Rembrandt, 233

Seligmann, Paris art dealer, 206

Seventh Army (U. S.), 105, 228, 238, 260, 269

“Seven Wonders of Bavaria,” 215

SHAEF, 15, 18, 21, 49, 59, 195, 248

SHAEF Headquarters, 28, 29, 38

Sheehan, Lt. Col. John R., 86, 87, 89, 93, 99, 102, 113

Shrady, Lt. Frederick, 135, 136, 139, 140, 148, 156, 162, 165, 167,
179, 182, 183

Siberechts, Jan, 185

Sieber, Karl, German restorer, 136, 140;
and mine train, 141, 142;
Ghent altarpiece, 148;
evacuation of Alt Aussee, 149, 150;
described, 154;
Hitler’s plans for destruction of mine, 155-156;
in the Kammergrafen, 162-163, 173-174;
mentioned, 153, 183, 184, 185

Siegen, Westphalia, 32, 119

Siegen mine, 107, 118, 232

Sigismund, Emperor, 252

Silesia, 250

Sinn River, 42

Sisley portrait, Renoir, 232

“_Sittenbilder_,” 163

65th Infantry Division, 82

Slade Professor of Art, 18

Smith, Col. Hayden, 272

Smith College, 257

Smyth, Lt. Craig, to France, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21;
at Versailles, 26, 27;
assigned to Munich, 33, 34;
need for guards, 62, 63;
at Verwaltungsbau, 64, 65;
Howe stays with, 66, 67;
inspects pictures, 77-78;
lends packers to Howe, 80, 81;
Rothschild jewels, 177;
visits Berchtesgaden, 216, 217;
Belgian restitution, 243, 245;
“Westward Ho” shipment, 276;
mentioned, 54, 127, 214, 254, 258

Soldier King, _see_ Frederick William

Solly, Edward, 145

Special Evacuation Team, 228, 236, 247, 254, 256

Speisesaal (of Prinz Regenten Theater), 66

Spitzweg, 78

Springerwerke, 148, 149, 153, 166

Staatsarchiv, 231, 233, 235

Staedelsches Kunstinstitut, 44

Standen, Lt. Edith, 50, 51, 246, 259, 261, 263, 264, 272, 280, 285,
290

_Stars and Stripes_, 284

Staedel, the, 44

Steinbergwerke, 134

Stettin Museum, 249, 250

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 269

Stevensville, Newfoundland, 16

_Still Life with Dead Peacocks_, Rembrandt, 269

Stockholm Museum, 280

Stokowski, Leopold, 182

Stone, Chief Justice Harlan Fiske, 289

Stoss, Veit, 252

Stoss altarpiece, 27, 253, 263, 272

Stout, Lt. George, USNR, described, 31;
plans for repositories, 32;
visits to Munich, 58, 59, 61-62, 106-107;
advises Siegen evacuation, 118;
as part of team, 128;
introduces Howe and Moore to Alt Aussee mine, 134-144;
opinion of Sieber, 154;
loading techniques, 156-161;
leaves for Pacific, 167-170, 178;
on the “old masters,” 208;
on removal of art works to the United States, 262;
mentioned, 53, 66, 68, 77, 131, 149, 162, 180, 212, 245, 263

Stradivarius violins at Innsbruck, 110

Strasbourg Cathedral, 27

Strigel, Bernhard, 198

Strobl, 131

Stuttgart, 228, 229, 282

Sudetenland, 89

Suk, Capt. Egon, 271

Sverdlik, Dr., 95, 96

“Swan country,” 237

Switzerland, 44, 146, 179, 194

Table of Organization, 231, 283

Taunus Anlage, 29

Taunus mountains, 31, 266

Tel-el-Amarna, 286, 287

Ten Cate Collection, 195

“Teppich-Beisser, Der,” _see_ Hitler, Adolf

Terceira, 16

Thacher, Major Coleman W., 87, 99, 101, 120

Theatinerkirche, 56

Third Army (U. S.), 57, 59, 62, 104, 110, 129, 147, 169, 176, 186,
222, 226, 228, 247, 251, 260, 271

Third Army Headquarters, 53, 66, 68, 76, 103, 107, 112, 177, 210,
214, 219, 226, 236, 238, 245, 246

Thoma, 78

Throne Room, 238

Thüngen, Baron and Baroness, 43

Thuringia, 32

Tiepolo, 47, 78

Tiffany’s, 238

Tintoretto, 150, 153

“Tiny,” 217

Titian, 24, 150, 153, 168

_Titus_, Rembrandt, 194

T.O., _see_ Table of Organization

Transient Officers’ Mess, 126

Transportation Office, 32

Traunstein, 81, 179

“Treasure Room” of Walter Farmer, 284, 286

Treppenhaus, the, 47

Trianon Palace Hotel, 27

Trier, 147

True Cross, 253

Truman, Pres. Harry S., 230, 275

Tuileries Gardens, 23

12th Army Group Headquarters, 31

26th Division (Yankee), 100, 126

263rd Field Artillery Battalion, 86, 87

Tyrol, the, 108, 109

Ulm, 228

_Ungaria_, the, 86

UNRRA, 248

United States Forces, Austria (USFA), 247, 251

United States Forces, European Theater (USFET), 229, 231, 235, 251,
252, 255, 259, 260, 263, 264, 271, 272, 283

U. S. Group Control Council, 49, 106, 229, 230, 259, 261, 283

United States Zone of Germany, _see_ American Zone

University of California, 253

University of Frankfurt, 37, 53

University of Munich, 225

Unterstein, 180, 187, 224

Upper Bavaria, 282

Upper Franconia, 247

Urfahr, 87, 124

USFET, _see_ United States Forces, European Theater

USFET Mission at The Hague, 268

USFET Mission to France, 265

Utrecht, 266

Valland, Rose, 23, 24, 264

Vanderbilt, Paul, 281

Van Dyck, 143, 150, 153, 172, 185, 235, 245

Van Meegeren, 270

Van Meegeren fake, 199

Van Pannwitz collection, 194

Vassalle, Capt. Rudolph, 40, 41

Vatican, the, 152

VE-Day, 17, 118

Veitschöchheim, Germany, 46

Veit Stoss altarpiece, _see_ Stoss altarpiece

Velásquez, Diego Rodríguez, 24, 168

Vermeer, Jan, 182, 201, 270

“Vermeer” fake, 182, 191, 192, 198-201, 270

Verona, 176

Veronese, Paul, 153, 172

Versailles, 18, 21, 24, 25, 27, 49, 58, 63, 128, 229

Versailles Treaty, 145, 255

Verwaltungsbau, 64, 65, 70, 105, 216

Vichy Ministry of Fine Arts, 146

Vienna, 25, 26, 83, 93, 140, 151, 152, 167, 176, 247, 251, 252, 253

Vienna Museum, 24, 167, 168, 175

Vierzehnheiligen, 215

_View of the Piazza San Marco_, Canaletto, 198

Vigée-Lebrun, Mme., 78

Villacoublay, 28

VJ-Day, 235

Volkwang Museum, 232

Voltaire, portrait of, Houdon, 246

Vorenkamp, Lt. Col. Alphonse, 256, 258, 261, 267, 269, 270, 271

Voss, Dr. Hermann, 163

Vrečko, Lt. Col. František, 271

Vries, Capt. Robert de, 267

Vroom, Nicolaes, 267

Vysi Brod, 89

Waffenraum, Schloss Kronberg, 39, 249

Wagner, Richard, 237

Walker, John, 119, 192, 202

Wallraf-Richartz Museum of Cologne, 233

Warsaw, 249, 250, 251

Washington, D. C., 17, 273, 275, 279, 289

Webb, Lt. Col. Geoffrey, 18, 21, 24, 26, 28, 38

Wehrmacht, the, 121, 157

Weimar, 232

“Weinzinger,” 84

Weisser Saal, 48

Weltenburg, 215

Wendland, Swiss art dealer, 195, 197

Wesel, 266

Western Military District (of American Zone), 246, 260, 269

Western Sea Frontier Headquarters, 14

Westminster Abbey, 21

Westphalia, 32, 107

“Westward Ho” shipment, 275, 276, 280

Whistler’s _Mother_, 232

White House, the, 289, 290_n._

_White Roses_, Van Gogh, 232

Whittemore, Maj. Lewis W., 89, 94, 114

Widener Collection, 50, 262

Widener house, 51

Wies, 215

Wiesbaden, 31, 33, 62, 156, 247, 259, 263, 275, 278, 279, 282, 285,
287, 288, 294

Wiesbaden Manifesto, 275

Wiesbaden Museum, 247

_Wilhelm Tell_, 186

Williams College, 177

Wimpole Street, 19

Windischgrätz, Princess, 93

Windsor, Duke, of, 131

Wolfsgarten, 250

Woolley, Col. Sir Leonard, 20

World War I, 37, 39, 70, 164, 287

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 284

Württemberg, 229

Württemberg-Baden, 246, 282

Würzburg, 46, 48, 236, 280

Würzburg Residenz, 215

“Yankee Division,” _see_ 26th Division

Zell am See, 191

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