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Swiss museum to accept Gurlitt 'Nazi art' | |
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Switzerland's Bern Art Museum has agreed to accept hundreds of artworks bequeathed by German Nazi-era art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt. | Switzerland's Bern Art Museum has agreed to accept hundreds of artworks bequeathed by German Nazi-era art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt. |
Many of the works are expected to remain in Germany until their rightful owners can be identified. | Many of the works are expected to remain in Germany until their rightful owners can be identified. |
Gurlitt, the son of Adolf Hitler's art dealer, was estimated to have amassed a collection worth up to a billion euros. | |
The collection has been subject to a long legal dispute over works taken illegally by the Nazis. |