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Holocaust Lost Paintings
In the Holocaust there were many paintings that had gone missing. Some were lost in the holocaust, and some were found. Many of these artifacts we know of because of the jews telling us about their stories about the artifacts. What the paintings meant to them, why they wanted them. This paper will tell you about 7 lost, stolen, or found art pieces. The lost art was usually burnt in buildings, when they were burned down by the Nazies. A Lot of the art was found in the chapels and the riches houses, some art was in houses of the poor. Some of the art that was lost and never found was called the Painter on the Road to Tarascon by Vincent Van Gogh. A few other pieces of art that was lost was named untitled by Czech. That piece of art was created

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