Arts
£1bn haul of art treasures
Control: Hitler only liked classical art and held exhibitions of modern ‘dissident’ pieces to show German people what not to like. Many of those paintings that appeared in those shows have been found in Gurlitt’s collection
£1bn haul of art treasures seized by Nazis found in squalid Munich flat: 1,500 works by masters such as Picasso, Renoir and Matisse hidden behind tins of noodles, fruit and beans
More than 1,500 paintings found including pieces by Picasso and Matisse
Collector Hildebrandt Gurlitt ordered for them to be destroyed in 1945
But in a routine search on a train from Switzerland to Germany, his son was caught with 9,000 euros cash earned from an illicit art deal
Officials searched his small rented apartment in Munich and found the art
Experts claim most were acquired from Jews in exchange for escape
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Allan Hall, Mail Online