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The shameful story of art stolen by the Nazis, and the long fight to get it back

Twenty-five years since a landmark conference on looted treasures, Jenni Frazer asks why it has been so hard to get justice

By Jenni Frazer

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The shameful story of art stolen by the Nazis, and the long fight to get it back
Pope Pius XII pictured working at his typewriter as he replies to peoples personal letters, January 31st 1955. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images)

Pope Pius may have known about Nazi gas chambers as early as 1942

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The artist racing against time to sculpt Holocaust survivors

The artist racing against time to sculpt Holocaust survivors

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Two lit shabbat candles in silver candlesticks

80 years on from the Holocaust, it is the young who are our hope

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'All children should learn about Holocaust horrors', says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

'All children should learn about Holocaust horrors', says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

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Dame Melinda Simmons, the UK's new ambassador to Poland

'I had to tell the world about Russia's crimes' says UK's former woman in Kyiv

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First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

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