An association representing the 170 largest museums in North America is going to verify whether any of their holdings were once looted by the Nazis, according to the World Jewish Congress. The American Association of Art Museum Directors also established a task force to establish guidelines for settling any possible claims filed by people claiming that artworks had been taken from their families during the war years.
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