The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has accused the German government of moral complicity in concealment of stolen paintings after it emerged authorities failed for two years to report the discovery of possibly stolen pieces of art by the Nazis which include works by Picasso and Matisse. Customs officials' chance discovery of 1,500 artworks in a Munich flat owned by the reclusive elderly son of a war-time art dealer, was revealed in a report by news magazine Focus over the weekend.

Claims conference je optužila njemačku vladu za moralnu odgovornost i sudjelovanje u odgađanju ( za dvije godine)  objave   o otkrivanju ukradenih slika  od nacista  ( među njima Picassa i Matissa).

Otkriće 1.500 umjetničkih djela u  Minhenu, u stanu Corneliusa Gurlitta, ostarjelog sina trgovca umjetnina ( Hildebranda) iz ratnog doba, objavljeno je u magazinu Focus ovog vikenda. Djela su porijeklom od Njemačkog državnog muzeja i od proganjanih židovskih kolekcionara.

Govornik njemačke vlade Steffen Seibert je potvrdio nalaz i rekao da će eksperti napraviti procjenu, koja bi mogla biti  preko bilion eura.

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"This case shows the extent of organized art looting which occurred in museums and private collections," said Ruediger Mahlo, of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, noting private collections were almost all Jewish.

"We demand the paintings be returned to their original owners. It cannot be, as in this case, that what amounts morally to the concealment of stolen goods continues."

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