World War II in Pictures- German and Italian authorities of the RSI holding a ceremony for the arrival in Rome of a German truck column bringing artworks from Montecassino and Naples, for the official purpose of saving them from battle damage.

The organizer of the transfer was the German Oberstleutnant Julius Schlegel (Division Hermann Göring, fourth from left, a roman catholic from Wien). General der Luftwaffe Kurt Mälzer, commander of Rome, is seen at the center of the picture (sixth from left).Rome, 4 January 1944.