the painting by botticelli.works by german painter so greatly admired by his nazi party leader to hitler had coveted these works of art during his 1938 and 1940 visits to florence. and they were gone. in fact, fred hartt would later say that with the laws 529 paintings, 162 works of sculpture, all totaling 735 objects, that florence suffered a robbery on a scale to do with the depredations of napoleon. he wasn't acting alone. with the supervision and approval of a man known as assistant general karl. a figure often times overlooked in our study of the this part of the war. he is a fascinating figure. for seven years he is adjutant to ss leader heinrich himmler. from 1936-1940. is a favorite of hitler -- i'm sure, favorite of himmler but he's also a favorite of hitler because he is the ss liaison to the fÜhrer headquarters. he's looked at by hitler as this area and tall figure, very aristocratic in appearance, blonde hair, well-educated, very cultivated. wolfe can be seen on the right hand side just over the shou