The Long Legacy of Nazi Art In the 1940s, Hitler and Goebbels compiled a list of artists they considered 'divinely gifted' with the power to envision Germany's future. Today, the work of those artists remains more prevalent than we might think. In the late 1940s, as Europe underwent a long period of economic and political recovery, the Allied forces pursued restitution for millions of artworks looted by the Nazis. Many artists, gallerists, and collectors perished in the Holocaust, leaving the future of German art uncertain. While Allied cultural workers tracked down artworks hoarded in salt mines and records of ownership,...
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