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An obituary card with a portrait of German
art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956), the father of Cornelius
Gurlitt, in a folder at the municipal archive in Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Neuman, Scott. "German Man To Return Paintings From Cache Of Nazi-Looted Art." The Two-Way : NPR. National Public Radio, 27 Mar 2014. Web. 28 Mar 2014. <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/27/295255839/german-man-to-return-paintings-from-cache-of-stolen-nazi-art>.
This obscure article describes a little-known development in Germany regarding art taken during the Holocaust. Cornelius Gurlitt had, for years, been hiding art taken from Jews by the Nazis during World War II. Now, he is agreeing to return these pieces to their rightful owners -- or their family descendants. Gurlitt is a son of a Nazi-era art dealer, and he had been hiding approximately $1.35 billion worth of art in his Munich apartment. He stored nearly 1,400 pieces in total, including 1,285 that were simply stacked in a drawer, unframed. Gurlitt's change of heart happened after he had heart surgery (...sorry, I had to) and health problems developed. As a result, Gurlitt opted to give free rein to a legal guardian who will be facilitating the return process of the art.
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(I thought this was particularly interesting considering that we just did a project on artifacts from the Holocaust!)
