Three pieces of art worth millions will soon be in police custody after hanging on the walls of three museums for decades.
The art by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele was once owned by Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer who was among some 31,000 people who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.
Prosecutors say the works belong to his living heirs.
They believe he was forced to sign away ownership under duress at Nazi-run Dachau near Munich.
They were seized Wednesday from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in Ohio.
The three museums issued statements, with both the Art Institute and Oberlin saying they were confident they legally acquired the works.
This is just the latest case involving high-profile artwork believed stolen by Nazis during the holocaust.
Nazis looted at least 600,000 pieces of artwork from Jewish people in World War II, and possibly more like millions.
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