Art handlers with a confiscated artwork by Emil Nolde
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Art handlers hold a confiscated artwork by Emil Nolde

Art handlers at the Schloss Niederschoenhausen storage depot hold a section of Emil Nolde’s confiscated “Das Leben Christi,” 1937. The Nazi regime confiscated the work as "degenerate" art.

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