There has been much reporting about the attempt of Jewish families to reclaim works of art that had been pilfered by the Nazis. The recent discovery of 1280 works of art in the Schwabing apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt the son of Hilldebrand Gurlitt, an infamous dealer who preyed on Jewish collectors is one of the most famous examples of the phenomenon of Raubkunst or stolen Nazi art ("The Devil and the Art Dealer," Vanity Fair, 4/14). The Times recently reported on the theft of the "Arbeit Macht...
There has been much reporting about the attempt of Jewish families to reclaim works of art that had been pilfered by the Nazis. The recent discovery of 1280 works of art in the Schwabing apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt the son of Hilldebrand Gurlitt, an infamous dealer who preyed on Jewish collectors is one of the most famous examples of the phenomenon of Raubkunst or stolen Nazi art ("The Devil and the Art Dealer," Vanity Fair, 4/14). The Times recently reported on the theft of the "Arbeit Macht...
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