A Hungarian diplomat in Russia said her country would claim art confiscated from prominent Hungarian Jewish families during World War II. In an interview published in the Kommersant daily newspaper, Rita Mayer, the counselor for cultural affairs at the Hungarian Embassy, specifically mentioned the names of Hungarian Jews whose collections, first confiscated by the Nazis, are now kept in state-run museums in Moscow and in Central Russia. Last year, the Hungarian government asked Moscow about the fate of art treasures stolen by the Nazis from Hungarian citizens, including Jews, but Russia has yet to return any of the works.
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