Vienna will soon return 700 artworks that came into the city’s possession during and after World War II, according to the city’s mayor. Michael Haupl made the vow to Jewish leaders last Friday at a meeting in New York hosted by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. A commission he appointed to look into the matter will make its decisions about the 700 works known within a few weeks, he said. Haupl also said he supports building in Vienna a proposed museum of tolerance whose main function would be to educate people about the Holocaust.
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