Fine arts security

A Swiss Merchant of Death’s Nazi Friends and Suspicious Masterpieces

Still, as we’ve just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis, it’s worth bearing in mind that while most plundered works of art have been recovered, about 100,000 are still missing, many of these thought to be held by museums in the U.S. and Europe that were perhaps less than fastidious when it came to tracking down their previous owners.