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From Mail.com News [ http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3232008-art-german-trove-identified-looted.html#.1272-stage-hero1-10 ]
More art in German trove identified as looted
BERLIN (AP) — The Jewish Claims Conference said Friday it has already identified a painting stolen by the Nazis among a newly published inventory of hundreds of works that belonged to late German collector Cornelius Gurlitt, and pushed for more time to investigate others.
Executive vice president Greg Schneider said in an email to The Associated Press that a Pissaro among about 250 artworks found in Gurlitt's Salzburg property matched one on a looted-art list. Switzerland's Kunstmuseum Bern, which inherited the collection, posted lists of the Salzburg works and some of the 1,280 others found in Gurlitt's Munich apartment online Thursday.
While some of the Munich works were already known, it was the first look for many at the art Gurlitt kept in the house he owned in Austria. It includes works by Breughel, Monet, Renoir and Picasso. Gurlitt inherited much of the art from his father, who in the 1930s helped the Nazis sell art they considered "degenerate" to buyers outside of Germany for cash. Some of the works — including Impressionist and modern masterpieces — had been seized by the Nazis from museums, while others were stolen or bought for a pittance from Jewish collectors who were forced to sell.
More art in German trove identified as looted
BERLIN (AP) — The Jewish Claims Conference said Friday it has already identified a painting stolen by the Nazis among a newly published inventory of hundreds of works that belonged to late German collector Cornelius Gurlitt, and pushed for more time to investigate others.
Executive vice president Greg Schneider said in an email to The Associated Press that a Pissaro among about 250 artworks found in Gurlitt's Salzburg property matched one on a looted-art list. Switzerland's Kunstmuseum Bern, which inherited the collection, posted lists of the Salzburg works and some of the 1,280 others found in Gurlitt's Munich apartment online Thursday.
While some of the Munich works were already known, it was the first look for many at the art Gurlitt kept in the house he owned in Austria. It includes works by Breughel, Monet, Renoir and Picasso. Gurlitt inherited much of the art from his father, who in the 1930s helped the Nazis sell art they considered "degenerate" to buyers outside of Germany for cash. Some of the works — including Impressionist and modern masterpieces — had been seized by the Nazis from museums, while others were stolen or bought for a pittance from Jewish collectors who were forced to sell.
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Sir,
I really love to read these type of articles. I have been stationed in Germany three separate times and visited some of the locations which the Army found the looted art work thanks for posting this.
V/r
1SG Haro
I really love to read these type of articles. I have been stationed in Germany three separate times and visited some of the locations which the Army found the looted art work thanks for posting this.
V/r
1SG Haro
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COL Ted Mc
Given the speed with which the Swiss have traditionally responded to similar situations, I don't expect that very many of the stolen items will ever find their way back into the hands of their rightful owners - and I do expect that the Swiss will be incredibly meticulous in requiring that the rightful owners prove their claim by presenting actual documentation of the original transaction whereby the art works came into the possession of the German government.
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