A German media report says authorities confiscated 1,500 works of art from an apartment in Munich in 2011. The works -- including paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Chagall -- have been missing for 70 years and are believed to have been private property confiscated by the Nazis from Jewish families.
Stolen Masterpieces Discovered in Munich Apartment
![A newly discovered self-portrait of the German painter Otto Dix is beamed onto a wall during a news conference about works of art found in a Munich apartment in 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fb378bb8-49f9-406b-839f-1391af28d5af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A newly discovered self-portrait of the German painter Otto Dix is beamed onto a wall during a news conference about works of art found in a Munich apartment in 2011.
![A painting by German artist Otto Dix that was found in a Munich apartment in 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b68cacf2-5e3e-400e-a1d4-c93a112fc65f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A painting by German artist Otto Dix that was found in a Munich apartment in 2011.
![A formerly unknown painting of French artist Marc Chagall was one of the paintings found in a Munich apartment in 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/528d8d79-4e8a-473c-9719-31508ec33994_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A formerly unknown painting of French artist Marc Chagall was one of the paintings found in a Munich apartment in 2011.
![A painting by Italian artist Antonio Canaletto that was found in a Munich apartment in 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/17adefa3-466a-403f-96a1-13ebc5bde496_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A painting by Italian artist Antonio Canaletto that was found in a Munich apartment in 2011.