In 1939, the Nazis commenced the century’s most sprawling art theft. As Hitler’s armies swept across Europe so did they begin snatching up art and objects from Jewish homes, galleries, museums, and ...
Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home of my ...
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Missing art looted by the Nazis could be worth billions – but who owns it when it’s found?
Missing art looted by the Nazis could be worth billions – but who owns it when it’s found? - IN FOCUS: Art detectives spend ...
In the court of public opinion, Cornelius Gurlitt never stood much of a chance. Last year, during a search of his Munich apartment, German authorities found a massive hoard of paintings that the Nazis ...
A real estate listing in Argentina shook the art world last month when it revealed a painting hanging in pride of place in the living room was actually an Italian Old Master stolen by the Nazis. Art ...
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Eighty-one-year old Thomas Selldorff, who fled Austria with his family before it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, hopes an upcoming international conference will bolster efforts ...
A Nazi art thief, UFOs and women at war are among the subjects covered in new factual shows being presented by PBS Distribution at Mip London, which takes place Feb. 23 to 27. Further titles will be ...
Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of Bruno Lohse and his role in the Nazi looting operation, interviewing Lohse himself, as well as curators, art investigators, Lohse’s associates, ...
Among the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis was the prominent Jewish Viennese cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum. He was murdered at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941. Prior to his murder, the ...
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