"...The next morning I walked up to the imposing entrance tower (at Chateau de Valencay) at the appointed time... My new friend was waiting for me at the agte and took me inside. As we entered the main ballroom I could hardly believe my eyes. It was filled with hundreds of sculptures. Some were still in their crates, others had been partially unpacked, and still others were completely out in the open, as if on display. My friend explained that I was looking at art treasures from the Louvre Museum in Paris that had been evacuated before the Nazi invasion to safe locations throughout the French countryside. The Chateau de Vanencay sheltered the sculpture collection. Here it was safe and protected from bombardment, fire, vandalism and theft by Nazi scavengers. My friend was the curator in charge."
The above quote was from Kohnstam's book page 135.
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