Art treasures seized by Nazis as ‘degenerate’ discovered in current German tax-fraud probe
BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD
MCCLATCHY FOREIGN STAFF
BERLIN -- An investigation into suspected tax fraud has uncovered a vast trove of artwork seized by the Nazis before World War II and kept behind pallets of canned goods in the Munich apartment of a 79-year-old man whose father was once a dealer in pirated art.
The collection is believed to include works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Marc Chagall, among many others. Estimates of its value top $1.3 billion.
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