The secret WW2 mission to save Britain’s art collections
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The Secret Destinations of National Treasures
There were one or two stories in the papers aboutn national treasures are being packed up. But they wouldn't have known about the ultimate destinations. People, obviously, if they'd managed to get into any of the galleries, and some galleries kept their least precious collections on the walls. And i think there probably was a great deal of discretion by some local people who would have seen paintings and objects going in and out of secret destinations.
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