Photo Albums Related to Nazi Art Theft Unveiled By Monuments Men Foundation
Monday, April 16, 2012 at 2:35PM 
David S. Ferriero, archivist of the United States, right, and Robert M. Edsel, founder and president of Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art show two newly discovered albums containing photographs of art works and furniture stolen by the Nazis during World War II after they were unveiled at a news conference in the Meadows Museum at SMU in Dallas, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2012. The Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art had been contacted by relatives of two World War II soldiers who took the albums from Hitler's home. They'll be donated to the U.S. National Archives. AP Photo/LM Otero.The discovery of two Nazi-era photo albums detailing images of art and furniture stolen by the Nazis represents an ongoing labor of love and justice by a group that has been tracking stolen art since the end of World War II. To date, The Monuments Men Foundation has help identify and return over five million art objects to their rightful owners.
Their continued work also reminds us that must never forget this monstrous machine, and the men who led it.
DALLAS (AP).- Two albums documenting works of art and furniture stolen by the Nazis during World War II were unveiled Tuesday after being discovered by a Dallas-based foundation that was contacted by relatives of two soldiers who had taken them from Adolf Hitler's home. Robert M. Edsel, founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, said a Dallas news conference that the albums are "key pieces of evidence taken from a crime scene that were prized possessions of Adolf Hitler." The albums, which will be donated to the U.S. National Archives, were among those created by the Nazi agency Einsatzstab Richsleiter Rosenberg, or ERR, documenting the items they had taken from across Europe.
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