Munich Central Collecting Point (Q4210)
The Munich Central Collecting Point was established to accommodate repositories of Nazi-confiscated works of art and other cultural objects, hidden throughout Germany and Austria, which were discovered by the Allies at the close of World War II.
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Munich Central Collecting Point
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The Munich Central Collecting Point was established to accommodate repositories of Nazi-confiscated works of art and other cultural objects, hidden throughout Germany and Austria, which were discovered by the Allies at the close of World War II.
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At the end of World War II in May 1945, the 12th U.S. Army Group established several temporary collecting points where its forces brought cultural objects found in their zones of operation. The Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP) was established in June 1945 in the former National Socialist Party buildings on Königsplatz in Munich. Lieutenant Craig Hugh Smith became the MCCP’s Office-in-Charge
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