An Italian painting depicting Christ carrying a cross was stolen from a Jewish gallery when the Germans invaded Paris in 1940 has finally been returned, seventy years later, to it's rightful heirs. Check it out.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/19/11281560-474-year-old-painting-stolen-by-nazis-given-to-owners-heirs?lite
Unfortunately this wasn't an isolated event and thousands of treasures have been lost, some permanently, to history. If you found this story interesting, check out the following website for The Rape of Europa, a great documentary that details the theft and destruction of art by the Nazi party, the years that followed, and the eventual search and return of the lost treasures.
http://www.rapeofeuropa.com/home.asp
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