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Major Harry Vernon Anderson at Berchtesgaden
On August 4 1945, Harry Anderson officially transferred responsibility of the Hermann Göring Art Collection to Monuments Officer, Thomas C. Howe. Here is the original notice of transfer, signed in ink by both parties.
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The Hermann Göring Art Collection. Inside, nearly 40 rooms were packed with some of the world’s most famous and valuable works of art.
The original sign, now in a private collection. Note how “Georing’s” name was originally misspelt, and patched over.
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Major Harry Vernon Anderson [right] supervising men from the Second Platoon of the 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion as they remove the Hermann Göring collection from the tunnels below the Luftwaffe base in Wemholz, near Berchtesgaden. It took four d
One of the many visitors to the collection was Charles Wahler, IPW team (Interrogation Prisoners of War), 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Paintings shown here: Left: Master of the Mass of Saint Gregory / Lucas Cra
Charle’s Wahler’s paratrooper boots – the exact same ones he is wearing in the photo above and below.
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Paulus Moreelse. Portrait of a woman. Oil on canvas. Back: Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld. Portrait of a Man. Oil on wood. Photo and information credit: Eric Kaechelin collection
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