Earlier this week, new details started to spread about the Nazis' stolen art treasures that were last reported in 2011. A Berlin native named Max Beckmann, recently found out that the piece of work he was sold to two years ago was one of hundreds of priceless artifacts that were confiscated under the Nazis during World War II. Some of those paintings were reported to be works of Picasso and Matisse. Investigators say that the art was sold for very cheap prices by owners who were anxiously wanting to flee the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. German authorities believe that about 1,500 works of art were stolen, which in total is estimated to be worth around $1.4 billion. Collective efforts are being done around Berlin and Germany, hoping that investigators will find the lost works and transport them to galleries and other art buildings where they belong.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/arts/design/trove-of-apparently-nazi-looted-art-found-in-munich-apartment.html?pagewanted=1
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