Monday, April 24, 2017

A painting stolen by Nazis is up for auction — despite a Jewish family’s demand for its return

A painting stolen by Nazis is up for auction -- despite a Jewish family's demand for its return

As the Nazis marched toward France, the Schloss family knew Hitler's agents would come for their father's art. Adolphe Schloss, a Jewish art collector, had compiled more than 300 paintings by Flemish and Dutch artists — still regarded as one of the best collections of his time. When he died, he left the collection to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/04/24/a-painting-stolen-by-nazis-is-up-for-auction-despite-a-jewish-familys-demand-for-its-return/

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