What do you do after you win a war? If you’re Stalin, you send in the Trophy Brigades! In this lighter Dad Tangent, we dig into one of the strangest chapters of postwar history: the Soviet teams tasked with looting Nazi Germany…for everything. We’re talking pianos, bathtubs, livestock, entire libraries — and more than a few chandeliers. Part revenge, part reconstruction, part high-speed antique shopping spree, this is the story of how the Soviets rebuilt by packing up Berlin and sending it east. Spoils of war? More like railcars of toilets.

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