Four artworks looted by the Nazis are reportedly being turned over to the Brazilian government. The works, including paintings by Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, are valued at nearly $6 million. The paintings were sold to wealthy Brazilian families after Nazi officials fled to South America with their plunder after World War II.
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