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New Trove of Nazi Looted Artworks Found in German Museum (English)
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Henri Neuendorf
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28 October 2014
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The Badische Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany has announced that it has identified seven Nazi looted artworks within its collection. The discovery follows a four-year-long audit of the museum’s entire collection, specifically looking for Nazi looted artworks, reported Die Welt. (English)
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The researchers initially found the artwork Lady in the Theater Box by an unknown artist on a list of so-called “non-arian property,” which led to the subsequent identification of the five landscape paintings and the sculpture. A receipt, dated 1943 and signed by then-director of the Karlsruher Kunsthalle, Kurt Martin, confirmed that the artworks had been confiscated from a Jewish collection. Martin served as an expert for the Reich’s Ministry for Art and Museum Objects. He was responsible for deciding which artworks came into the museum collection and which artworks were put on the market. (English)