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August 27, 2026

New Methods to Track Down Jewish Art Stolen by the Nazis

Using AI.

Soon after seizing power in Germany, the Nazis initiated a program of plundering European Jewry. This program provided countless German soldiers with fur coats and jewelry to send to their wives and sweethearts back home. At the other end of the political and military hierarchy, it involved the acquisition of works of fine art, many of which went to the private collections of leading party members. Christian Thorsberg reports on new efforts to return these stolen goods to their owners’ descendants, one of which uses a specially designed artificial-intelligence program:

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