Editorial: Who has the right to Nazi-looted art
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Dec 13, 2018
3 minutes
The looting of art by the Nazis during World War II was, arguably, the greatest cultural theft of all time. Seven decades later, Holocaust survivors and their descendants are still looking for paintings and other works that were taken as they fled Europe.
Some experts estimate that 600,000 pieces of art were stolen; others say it's much higher. About 100,000 works remain missing. Most were stolen from Jewish owners - ripped off the walls of their homes and galleries, sold by their owners under duress for a fraction of their true
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