The famous Wasmann insect collection awaits transportation at the 3197th gas supply Co. in Marienfielde. Major John W.

The famous Wasmann insect collection awaits transportation at the 3197th gas supply Co. in Marienfielde. Major John W. Bailey who traced and found the stolen loot in Berlin's University of Agriculture, explains to T/5 Spero Galanopulo the delicate work in mounting the specimens, some of which measure a fraction of a millimeter. Master Caption. In 1943 the Nazis stole Holland's famous Erich Wasmann scientific insect collection and entomological library. After an intensive search by Major John W. Bailey of the Education Branch of Information and Education Div., commanded by Brig. Gen. P. Thompson, which led through museums of Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Munich, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Wurzburg, Heidelberg and Darmstadt, the collection was finally located in the dust-filled lightless catacombs of the University of Agriculture in Berlin. Located in the Russian zone, the packing and loading was expedited by Russian scientists and quickly turned over to its rightful owners.