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Soviets Take Prize Dresden Paintings
Dresden reports that Soviet authorities removed major paintings from the Zwinger Museum and other works to Moscow as war trophies. Director Hubert Ermisch notes Raphael’s Sistine Madonna and Rubens pieces were taken, with restoration planned over 8 to 20 years. The burden of ruins and cultural revival underscores Soviet cultural policy in occupied Germany.
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