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Germany restitutes medieval painting stolen by Nazis to rightful heirs

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https://web.archive.org/web/20210804074321/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/germany-restitutes-medieval-painting-stolen-by-nazis-to-rightful-heirs-666450 (English)
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Tobias Siegal
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27 April 2021
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The painting was seized by the Nazi regime in 1935, when the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts informed art dealers at the Munich National Art Gallery that the gallery was going to be dissolved and that they would need to pay extensive sums of money in taxes as a result, practically forcing them to concede paintings and pieces of art in their possession. (English)
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The A. S. Drey gallery included several partners, all of whom were of Jewish heritage: Siegfried Drey, Ludwig Stern, Friedrich Stern, Franz Drey and Paul Drey. (English)
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