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A soldier in the us third Army surveys plunder Nazi forces had hidden inside a church at ellingen, Germany. the third reich’s einsatzstab reichsleiter rosenberg, or err, systemically looted paintings, sculptures, books and other national treasures from occupied countries, stealing an estimiated one-fifth of all the artworks in europe. While the Allies returned around five million items between 1945-51, the mammoth task is ongoing. 1945