France yesterday, March 11, 2014 , returned three paintings seized at the time the Nazis from the rightful owners , although it is only a small part of the nearly 2,000 such works remains unclaimed.
All works of art stolen by the Nazis and in museums in France , digitized and freely available in the hope that the previous owners , their heirs or successors will see them and will declare to them their rights.
French Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti /Aurélie Filippetti returning three works - " Mountain Landscape " by the Flemish painter Joos de Momper /Joos de Momper (1564-1635), " Portrait of a Woman " XVIII century icon " Madonna with Child " - said in an official ceremony , that she " happy once again to perform an act of reparation and justice ", which it considers a moral duty to his ministry .
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