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dipsydoodle

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Sat Apr-11-09 03:15 AM
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California returns 'looted art'

Source: BBC News

The US state of California has returned three Renaissance paintings that were confiscated from Jewish art dealers in Nazi Germany during the 1930s.

The 16th-Century paintings were returned to the heirs of their former owners, Jakob and Rosa Oppenheimer, who died during the Holocaust.

After World War II, the paintings ended up in the collection of US newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst.

They have been on display at a California museum for over 30 years.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7994511.stm

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Coventina

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Sat Apr-11-09 07:57 AM
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1. "The Rape of Europa" continues to linger.

For any interested in the effect Hitler & his crew had on the art world, I recommend the book and/or movie "The Rape of Europa."

Unforgettable stories, gripping footage.

And the effects of the devastation continue to play out. It is nowhere near being over, it will never be over....

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