GURLITT AND THE SECRET OF THE NAZI TREASURE

A suspicious art collection

Synopsis

In 2010, while crossing the Swiss-German border, an old man catches the attention of two German tollkeepers. In his luggage, they find 9,000 Euros in hard cash. The man is called Cornelius Gurlitt, 79 years old at that time. Authorities decide to keep an eye on him.

What investigators find in his Munich apartment exceeds all expectations: a giant art collection consisting of more than 1,000 pieces of art from different eras. The collection was passed on to Gurlitt by his father, Hildebrand, an art dealer during the Nazi era.

Can these paintings be looted art taken from Jewish families by the Nazis?