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[[File:Adolf Hitler - Schloss Neuschwanstein.jpg|thumb|Neuschwanstein Castle in Upper Bavaria. A painting of the castle by Adolf Hitler, 1914]] | [[File:Adolf Hitler - Schloss Neuschwanstein.jpg|thumb|Neuschwanstein Castle in Upper Bavaria. A painting of the castle by Adolf Hitler, 1914 <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolf_Hitler_-_Schloss_Neuschwanstein.jpg wiki]</ref>]] | ||
Due to its secluded and strategically unimportant location, the palace survived the destruction of the two World Wars. Until 1944, it served as a depot for Nazi plunder that was taken from France by the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Institute for the Occupied Territories (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg für die besetzten Gebiete), a suborganisation of the Nazi Party.The castle was used to catalogue the works of art. After World War II, 39 photo albums were found in the palace documenting the scale of the art seizures. The albums are now stored in the United States National Archives. | Due to its secluded and strategically unimportant location, the palace survived the destruction of the two World Wars. Until 1944, it served as a depot for Nazi plunder that was taken from France by the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Institute for the Occupied Territories (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg für die besetzten Gebiete), a suborganisation of the Nazi Party.The castle was used to catalogue the works of art. After World War II, 39 photo albums were found in the palace documenting the scale of the art seizures. The albums are now stored in the United States National Archives. | ||