Spoils of War.(Hungarian Jew's art collections looted during World War II) From: History Today | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Bittmann, Alexander | COPYRIGHT 1999 History Today Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

One million items of Hungarian art were lost during World War II when the Red Army looted art collections of Hungarian Jews. Works by El Greco, Tintoretto, Degas, Monet and Renoir are on display in the Gallery of the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Prior to the war, these works had been in private collections of Jewish families. Hungary and Russia signed a restitution agreement in 1992, but have since been in dispute over how to deal with the art col...

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