Bavarian plan would facilitate return of artworks – U
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BERLIN (AP) — The state of Bavaria is proposing an end to Germany's statute of limitations on stolen property with the goal of making it easier to return art stolen by the Nazis to its rightful owners.The plan tabled in the upper house of Parliament on Friday comes in the wake of the 2012 discovery of some 1,400 artworks in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-era art dealer.That brought renewed focus on the issue, and Jewish groups have been pushing for Germany to eliminate Read more [...]