I saw this exhibit as a high school student in a visit to Washington, D.C. as my great aunt, an art historian told me to attend. I did not fully understand then how groundbreaking it was in 1978 to see on display the treasures from Dresden, as I didn’t know at the time that Dresden had been nearly flattened by Allied bombs at the end of World War II and I didn’t appreciate how closed East Germany was at the time and how truly extraordinary it was to see these treasures in display at the National Gallery of Art incongruously displayed in the ultra modern and newly opened East Wing. To this day I remember the effect of seeing the objects on display, particularly the porcelains and the statues and the old master paintings by Titian and Canaletto. When my husband and I decided to take a trip to Germany that includes Dresden, I knew I had to get this book and to my delight it was available at the San Diego Public Library. I have enjoyed reading this book over the past three weeks, rediscovering the treasures of the exhibit and wondering where they are now, as East Germany opened to all 11 years after the exhibit.