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Looted Paintings Found in Nazi Dealer's Safe (English)
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Lohse joined the Nazi party in 1937 after studying art history and philosophy in Berlin. During the war he was appointed to a unit responsible for seizing Jewish assets in occupied territories. Hermann Göring was impressed by his knowledge of art and ordered him to scour collections for valuable objects (English)
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Prosecutors in Switzerland have discovered a haul of looted paintings in a bank safe belonging to a dealer who seized art treasures for Nazi leader Hermann Göring during World War II. Media reports say the paintings are each worth millions of euros and include works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro. (English)
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Lohse joined the Nazi party in 1937 after studying art history and philosophy in Berlin. During the war he was appointed to a unit responsible for seizing Jewish assets in occupied territories. Hermann Göring was impressed by his knowledge of art and ordered him to scour collections for valuable objectsAfter the war Lohse was interned by the Americans and interviewed as a witness in the Nuremberg war crimes trials. He was extradited to France in 1948 and put before a military tribunal, which acquitted him. He then continued his work as an art dealer. (English)
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A number of masterpieces believed to have been looted by the Nazis have been found in a Swiss bank safe, the Zurich prosecutor's office said Tuesday, confirming earlier reports in the German media.The paintings include works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, reported the German dailySüddeutsche Zeitung.The safe was rented by Bruno Lohse, an art historian and dealer commissioned by the Nazis to assess works of art looted from Jewish people in territories occupied by the Nazis, especially France, the report said.Lohse died in March aged 95. The paintings -- there are more than 14 -- were discovered in the safe of a Zurich bank by a Swiss prosecutor helping out with investigations into extortion and money laundering underway in Munich and Liechtenstein.The prosecutor, Ivo Hoppler, couldn't believe his eyes when he opened the walk-in safe of Zürcher Kantonalbank. Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the paintings, if genuine, are each worth millions of euros, and also include works by Dürer, Sisley, Corot, Kokoschka and van Kessel.They are being kept in the safe pending the investigation. "Then a decision will be taken who will get them," the prosecutor, Ivo Hoppler, said, according to newspaper reports. (English)
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A number of masterpieces believed to have been looted by the Nazis have been found in a Swiss bank safe, the Zurich prosecutor's office said Tuesday, confirming earlier reports in the German media.The paintings include works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, reported the German dailySüddeutsche Zeitung.The safe was rented by Bruno Lohse, an art historian and dealer commissioned by the Nazis to assess works of art looted from Jewish people in territories occupied by the Nazis, especially France, the report said.Lohse died in March aged 95. The paintings -- there are more than 14 -- were discovered in the safe of a Zurich bank by a Swiss prosecutor helping out with investigations into extortion and money laundering underway in Munich and Liechtenstein. (English)