Nazi Plunder Pictured In A Jigsaw Puzzle
Tuesday March 2, 2004
The Nazi who came to Maria Altmann's home in the spring of 1938 was no storm trooper. He wore a black business suit and looked like any other Vienna businessman. Now, nearly 66 years after jewels and paintings, valued by her attorney at $110 million and held by Austria's National Gallery, were taken by the Nazis, Altmann hopes to recover those treasures. One of the paintings is a 1907 portrait by Gustav Klimt which the Austrian National Gallery has used on posters and souvenirs, including jigsaw puzzles and beverage coasters.
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