Cornelius Gurlitt
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Police officers stand in front of a house where art collector Cornelius Gurlitt lived, in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Gurlitt, a reclusive German collector whose long-secret hoard of well over 1,000 artworks triggered an international uproar over the fate of art looted by the Nazis, died Tuesday. He was 81.Photo (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2013 file photo cars are parked outside the apartment building in Munich, Germany, where more than 1,400 artworks were found in the apartment of collector Cornelius Gurlitt. Gurlitt, a reclusive German collector whose long-secret hoard of well over 1,000 artworks triggered an international uproar over the fate of art looted by the Nazis, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was 81. (AP Photo/dpa, Marc Mueller, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2013 fikle photo cars are parked outside the apartment building in Munich, Germany, where more than 1,400 artworks were found in the apartment of collector Cornelius Gurlitt. The Bavarian Justice Ministry, the federal culture minister's office and Gurlitt's representatives said in a joint statement Monday, April 7, 2014 that Gurlitt agreed to cooperate with authorities in their efforts to determine what works may have been seized by the Nazis. Gurlitt will be allowed his own representative on a task force investigating their origin.(AP Photo/dpa, Marc Mueller)

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This picture taken Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 shows the house of Cornelius Gurlitt in Salzburg, Austria. Austrian state television said Wednesday, March 26, 2014, experts have found 180 artworks — including a long-lost painting by Claude Monet — in this house of the German art collector who hoarded art in his Munich apartment for decades. ORF says the works were discovered last month among the "household belongings" of Gurlitt, in addition to 60 pieces of art discovered separately in the house. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)