Germany finds 1,500 masterpieces looted by Nazis

Yahoo/AFP ^

[nuconvert]

Nearly 1,500 priceless paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse that were stolen by the Nazis have been discovered in a flat in Munich, a news report said Sunday.

-excerpt-

The report said the works were thought to be worth around one billion euros ($1.3 billion dollars) on today's market.

[Slump Tester]

So how do the heirs expect to get them back from the family who fleeced their ancestors? Did the guy help them escape or not?

If they DID escape, then wasn't the art payment for a service rendered?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nuconvert.

• £1billion art collection seized by Nazis found in shabby Munich apartment ...
• Nazi looted art 'found in Munich'

[Spartan302]

In the future history will repeat itself when warehouses are found full of Obamas stash from his plunderings.

[Hostage]

How do 1500 priceless paintings fit into a flat in Munich and how do they remain hidden there for 70 years?

That must be one hell of a big flat.

[Liberty Valance]

bump

[tcrlaf]

“How do 1500 priceless paintings fit into a flat in Munich and how do they remain hidden there for 70 years?”

Ask George Soros...