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Germany, under pressure, speeds investigation of Nazi-looted art

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 10, 2013 17:31

BERLIN- Germany, under pressure to hasten inquiries into Nazi-looted art works stashed in a recluse's flat, has sent legal experts to help local authorities in Munich resolve myriad ownership issues, Focus magazine reported on Sunday.

The federal government's intervention follows criticism that authorities stayed silent too long about 1,406 art works by European masters they stumbled upon last year.

Focus, based in Munich, said the government sent "several staffers" to the Bavaria justice ministry on Friday.

"The federal government is working hard to ensure that information about the confiscated works of art is made available as there are now indications that Nazi persecution could be involved," Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said the same day.

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