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One of the forty rooms in the Rest House in which the Göring pictures, 1,100 in all, were exhibited before their removal to Munich for subsequent restitution.
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The GI Work Party which assisted the Special Evacuation Team (Lieutenants Howe, Moore and Kovalyak) pack the Göring Collection for removal from Berchtesgaden to Munich.
Truck loaded with sculpture from the Göring Collection at Berchtesgaden. Statues were packed upright in excelsior for removal to the Central Collecting Point in Munich.
I had one little errand of mercy to take care of before I turned in. There was a recreation room on the first floor and adjoining it a makeshift bar. Most of the officers had gone to the movies, so I managed to slip in unobserved and pilfer two bottles of beer. Tucking them inside my blouse, I made off for the monastery. There, after some difficulty in finding my way around the dark passageways, I located the rooms occupied by my two little packers. They were making ready for bed, but when they saw what I had for them, their leathery old faces lighted up with ecstatic smiles. If I had been a messenger from heaven, they couldn’t have been happier. Leaving them clucking over their unexpected refreshments, I went back to my own billet and fell into bed. I hadn’t had exactly what one would call a restful day myself.