The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ten astounding German paintings you have to see before you die From distorted skulls to abstract strokes, this list compiles ten of German art's most famous and influential pieces. https://www.thelocal.de/20161219/ten-german-paintings-you-need-to-see-durer-holbein-cranach-richter Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:00:35 +0100 ten-german-paintings-you-need-to-see-durer-holbein-cranach-richter Experts defend slow progress on sorting Nazi-looted art haul A German task force investigating the provenance of a spectacular Nazi-era art hoard of hundreds of works said Thursday that only five had been proved to be looted thus far, and defended its slow progress. https://www.thelocal.de/20160115/germans-defend-slow-progress-on-sorting-nazi-looted-art-collection Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:10:03 +0100 germans-defend-slow-progress-on-sorting-nazi-looted-art-collection Swiss museum accepts art looted by Nazis The Bern Museum of Fine Art announced on Monday that it would accept a huge haul of works left to it in the will of the son of a Nazi-era art dealer. https://www.thelocal.de/20141124/swiss-museum-accepts-art-looted-by-nazis Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:23:00 +0100 swiss-museum-accepts-art-looted-by-nazis Nazi-stolen painting put on display, sort of The Wiesbaden Museum was once a collection house for art stolen from Jewish owners by the Nazi. With one painting, they hope to right at least one wrong while bringing awareness to its ongoing restitution work. https://www.thelocal.de/20141020/nazi-stolen-art-on-display-sort-of Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:56:00 +0200 nazi-stolen-art-on-display-sort-of 590 paintings from Nazi art trove to go online Officials investigating the discovery of hundreds of artworks found in a Munich flat are to publish the names of all 590 paintings thought to have been seized by the Nazis. https://www.thelocal.de/20131115/paintings-from-nazi-art-trove-to-go-online-munich-gurlitt-germany Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:22:00 +0100 paintings-from-nazi-art-trove-to-go-online-munich-gurlitt-germany Who is the recluse behind the Nazi art haul? Who is the reclusive 80-year-old behind the huge trove of Nazi-confiscated art found in a Munich flat? The Local takes a closer look at Cornelius Gurlitt as our German of the week. https://www.thelocal.de/20131114/the-recluse-behind-the-nazi-munich-art-haul-gurlitt Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:44:00 +0100 the-recluse-behind-the-nazi-munich-art-haul-gurlitt Masterpieces emerge from Nazi art trove Previously unknown masterpieces by modernist painters Marc Chagall and Otto Dix are among a vast trove of works believed stolen by the Nazis and uncovered in a Munich flat, an art historian said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131105/nazi-art-trove-turns-up-new-works Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:45:00 +0100 nazi-art-trove-turns-up-new-works