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May 27, 2005: "Americans Return Priceless Books to Germany"
"In the final days of World War II, the books were retrieved from a burning castle in Stuttgart, Germany, by an Army captain from St. Louis, John Hewitt Doty. They were returned to German possession Thursday by two of Doty's nephews, who did so without compensation."
