and they arrived here outside of this entrance stall. they were brought in. this way, straight ahead. reporter: today, the building is an institute for art history and she is one of those in charge. the recovered art was first brought into this atrium, where it was cataloged and photographed. she says more than battlefield adventures, documentation work was the monuments men s daily routine and their greatest achievement, especially with all the shortages in post-world war ii germany. they complained about not getting bicycles, not having type wrirs, and not having paper or these normal things. of not getting gas in order to go by jeep somewhere and to take things. reporter: the monuments men managed to get tens of thousands