Five paintings missing since World War II are being returned to collections in Germany at the behest of the heirs of their American acquirers.
The paintings, including three won by an American GI in a poker game, were turned over to the German government on Tuesday. Their return was organized by the State Department and the Monuments Men Foundation, which promotes the work of those who protected cultural works during the war and seeks to track down and repatriate objects that went missing.
