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Editorial: Who has the right to Nazi-looted art

The looting of art by the Nazis during World War II was, arguably, the greatest cultural theft of all time. Seven decades later, Holocaust survivors and their descendants are still looking for paintings and other works that were taken as they fled Europe.

Some experts estimate that 600,000 pieces of art were stolen; others say it's much higher. About 100,000 works remain missing. Most were stolen from Jewish owners - ripped off the walls of their homes and galleries, sold by their owners under duress for a fraction of their true

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