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Article: Estonia returns art looted by Red Army to Germany
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- May 24, 2004
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AP Worldstream
05-24-2004
Dateline: BREMEN, Germany
Estonian Prime Minister Juhan Parts on Monday presented German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a 16th century altarpiece looted by the Soviet Army in the final year of World War II, to be returned to a Bremen art gallery.
Schroeder called it a "great day" for relations between Germany and Estonia, which joined the European Union at the start of the month.
The altarpiece wing depicting John the Baptist was painted in 1503 by German artist Albrecht Duerer.
It was removed from the Bremen Kunsthalle gallery in 1943 to be protected from Allied bombing of the city. In 1945 it ...