Discovery of Nazi-Looted Trove Causes Controversy

                On November 4, 2013, a trove of about 1,500 pieces of artwork confiscated by the Nazis was confirmed to have been discovered in the Munich, Germany apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, an 80-year-old man, who apparently inherited the collection from his father Hildebrand Gurlitt.  The collection is believed to have been assembled in the 1930s and 1940s by Hildebrand Gurlitt.   Local German prosecutors say they impounded the works they discovered in early 2012 as part of a tax-evasion investigation.[1]