NAZI ART LOOT
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLFIFTY years after the turn of the tide in the Second World War, the European Parliament is calling for the creation of a comprehensive international legal system to identify the whereabouts of artworks looted by the Nazis, fairly settling ownership and compensation claims.No reliable figures exist on the amount of art stolen from German occupied countries and Jews living in the Third Reich, but a report adopted by MEPs say "several million objects were looted, including museum quality works of art, furniture, books, religious objects and other ...
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