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Treasures the Nazis stole that are sitting in plain sight

Problematic provenance
1. The Guelph Treasure (or Welfenschatz)
1. The Guelph Treasure (or Welfenschatz)
1. The Guelph Treasure (or Welfenschatz)
2. Katz’s Old Masters
2. Katz’s Old Masters
2. Katz’s Old Masters
3. The Budge Collection
3. The Budge Collection
3. The Budge Collection
4. Baron Herzog’s masterpieces
4. Baron Herzog’s masterpieces
4. Baron Herzog’s masterpieces
5. A Pissarro in Spain
5. A Pissarro in Spain
5. A Pissarro in Spain
6. Kandinsky appeal
6. Kandinsky appeal
6. Kandinsky appeal
7. The bank’s Kandinsky
7. The bank’s Kandinsky
7. The bank’s Kandinsky
8. Museum’s Pissarro
8. Museum’s Pissarro
8. Museum’s Pissarro
9. A Memling’s unknown past
9. A Memling’s unknown past
9. A Memling’s unknown past
10. Replica in plain sight
10. Replica in plain sight
10. Replica in plain sight
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Problematic provenance

There are hundreds of thousands of treasures around the world stolen by the Nazis before and during World War II from Jewish families and art dealers. While many are missing, the locations of others are well known but the current owners are proving reluctant to part with them. Here are 10 cases of looted art where the owners are demanding its return – or, in at least one case, where the owner is being sought.
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Suzanne Locke

28 January 2019

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