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Hitler's art thief : Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the looting of Europe's treasures

Hitler's art thief : Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the looting of Europe's treasures

Book 2015

"The world was stunned when eighty-year old Cornelius Gurlitt became an international media superstar in November 2013 on the discovery of over 1,400 artworks in his 1,076 square-foot Munich apartment, valued at around $1.35 billion. Gurlitt became known as a man who never was - he didn't have a bank account, never paid tax, never received social security. He simply did not exist. He had been hard-wired into a life of shadows and secrecy by his o...