Dutch museums probe Nazi loot

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Source: Yahoo / AFP

THE HAGUE (AFP) - - Works of art looted from Dutch Jewish victims of the Nazi regime may be returned to the rightful owners' heirs thanks to a new probe announced Tuesday by the national association of museums.

"We have information about auctions that took place just before and during World War II at which it is known that Jewish people were forced to sell items," association director Siebe Weide told AFP.

Other pieces were stolen, and yet more were seized after being left behind by fleeing Jews.

The new investigation into the collections of some 100 museums, concerning items acquired from 1933 onward, will run for four years.



http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090107/tts-netherlands-wwii-art-probe-509a08e.html

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1. I don't get the timing.

Took them a while.