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Transcript: Stolen Artwork From World War II Showing Up In New York
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- August 2, 1994
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BOB EDWARDS, Host: A federal judge in Manhattan is considering evidence
to determine whether three drawings belong to a German museum or to
a Russian immigrant on Long Island who's been trying to sell them.
The drawings are among millions of artwork looted during World War
II. The Nazis systematically pillaged art from all of the countries
they conquered. When the Germans retreated, the advancing Russian
seized much of that artwork, and more. Fifty years later, many of
the objects are turning up in New York, in galleries, auction houses,
and the courts. David D'Arcy reports.
DAVID D'ARCY, Reporter: The three disputed works on paper were shown
to ...