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Linking to a Lost Past From 1943 until April 1945, a month before the end of the war in Europe, dozens of professional photographers traveled throughout Germany and the occupied countries to document the interiors of their most important buildings. Among the photographers were such prominent artists as Paul Wolf and Walter Hege. Hitler himself approved the projects. All of these photographs-nearly 40,000-have recently been put on the internet at www.zi.fotothek.org. The goal was to collect high-quality color photographs of important murals, frescoes, ceiling paintings, tapestries, and wall coverings that regime's special forces were unable to evacuate to salt mines and shelters. The photographers documented the Paris Thurn and Taxis in Frankfurt, the Zimmermann frescoes in Nymphenburg Castle in Barvaria, the Neues Museum in Berlin, and the Zwinger in Dresden. Although detailed photographs of the facades of these buildings already existed, the regime wanted color photos of the interiors so that they could be reconstructed if there were destroyed. The Agfa company developed a new color film especially for the project.
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