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How Americans Profited Off Looted Art

Season 22 Episode 6 | 1m 46s

The explosion of new museums in post-war America increased the demand for art 鈥搘hile, at the same time, those looking to shrink their taxable income were being given tax breaks for charitable donations. These two factors created a 鈥渧ery murky鈥 market, explains restitution attorney Raymond Dowd, as 鈥渕useums became filled with toxic assets. Almost no one had a motivation to look into provenance.鈥

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Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of former Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse.
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