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France To Return Klimt Painting Stolen By Nazis To Jewish Heirs

Charlotte Pence Bond
France To Return Klimt Painting Stolen By Nazis To Jewish Heirs
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On Monday, the French government made the announcement that it will be returning a Gustav Klimt painting to its true Jewish owners after the artwork was stolen by Nazis over 80 years ago.

The painting, “Rosebushes under the Trees,” is an oil work created in 1905. It was taken from a Jewish family in Austria in 1938 and has reportedly been on display in the Parisian museum, Musee d’Orsay, for decades.

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