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...centuries Europe's almost continu ously warring countries have looted each other's art, or callously shattered what they did not loot, leaving the fragments to antiquarians and U.S. tourists. Last week the current concern with the fate of Euro pean art treasures...
...Latest loot: Van Eyck's Adoration of the Lamb which was last week reported in Berchtesgaden...
Said Moscow: in four weeks of March, Zhukov's army alone killed 183,000 men, captured 25,000, seized or destroyed 2,100 tanks, 4,600 guns, 54,000 trucks. Last week, at two railway junctions, Red units captured 1,600 railroad cars loaded with food, ammunition, loot, wounded Germans...
...hitherto had not disturbed Monte Carlo. New-rich Germans arrived to spend the proceeds of the loot of France. Collaborationists and refugees with more money than respectability swarmed in. Prices soared. The average price of a meal in 1942, was $24. Wine and liquors easily added another $100 to the bill. British whiskey and gin were $40 a bottle. Good brands of British cigarets were $22 for 50. Food was plentiful and good for those who had the price. The Germans ordered an end of that, too, demanded rationing for neutral Monagasoues. The Government of Prince Louis II acceded...
...Restoration of, or compensation for, loot, machinery and equipment destroyed or removed, including compensation for commercial and industrial interests seized...