Belgium museum returns painting to Jewish family after 71 years

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BRUSSELS : Belgium\u0027s leading art museum has returned a painting it held for 71 years to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple whose property was looted by the Nazis after they fled on the eve of World War Two. The family\u0027s Berlin-based law firm approached the Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts (Royal Museum

The painting "Flowers" by Lovis Corinth is returned to representative and lawyer Imke Gielen of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gustav and Emma Mayer, more than 70 years after it was plundered by the Nazis during World War Two, at a ceremony at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

A museum staff carries the painting "Flowers" by Lovis Corinth as it is returned to representative and lawyer Imke Gielen of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gustav and Emma Mayer, more than 70 years after it was plundered by the Nazis during World War Two, at a ceremony at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

The painting "Flowers" by Lovis Corinth is returned to representative and lawyer Imke Gielen of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gustav and Emma Mayer, more than 70 years after it was plundered by the Nazis during World War Two, at a ceremony at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Museum staff pack the painting "Flowers" by Lovis Corinth as it is returned to representative and lawyer Imke Gielen of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gustav and Emma Mayer, more than 70 years after it was plundered by the Nazis during World War Two, at a ceremony at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

A museum staff packs the painting "Flowers" by Lovis Corinth as it is returned to representative and lawyer Imke Gielen of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gustav and Emma Mayer, more than 70 years after it was plundered by the Nazis during World War Two, at a ceremony at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

 

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