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Belgium returns looted painting to heirs from World War II

Belgium's Royal Library returns a painting to the heirs of a collector whose work was looted in June 1942.

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This restitution repairs a wrong committed during Nazi occupation and honors the memory of art confiscation victims.

The gesture is part of a broader effort to regularize cultural property plundered across Europe during World War II.

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