[CPProt.net] Soviet's Hungarian art loot to get display

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Soviet's Hungarian art loot to get display

[World News]: GORKY, Russia, March 4 : The State Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum
in Gorky, Russia, is planning to exhibit art looted from Hungary by Soviet
troops in World War II.

The art, including works by El Greco, Tintoretto, Francisco Goya, Camille
Corot, and most of the leading French Impressionists, was apparently stolen
from Jewish families in Hungary.It was taken to Northern Germany where it
was seized by the Soviet 49th Army based in Gorky in 1945. Existence of the
collection remained secret until 1990.

Although Russia has an official policy of keeping art seized in Germany as
compensation for its losses during the war, the exhibit is being mounted in
September under the auspices of a joint Russian-American project called
Heritage Revealed.Russia returned 15 paintings from the collection to
Hungary in 1972 and two more in 1992.

Thursday's announcement gave no hint about the future of the rest of the
collection, but it was noted that Heritage Revealed is supported by
cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder and liquor magnate Edgar Bronfman, who have
played crucialsrole in restoring confiscated property to Jewish families.

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