Germany: 1,400 paintings found at apartment

AUGSBURG, Germany

Investigators said Tuesday they searched the apartment on Feb. 28, 2012, as part of a tax investigation that started with a routine check on a Zurich-Munich train in late 2010. They said they found 121 framed and 1,285 unframed paintings, in good condition.

Prosecutor Reinhard Nemetz told reporters in the Bavarian city of Augsburg that investigators have turned up "concrete evidence" at least some works were seized by the Nazis from their owners or art considered "degenerate" by the Nazis.

Officials say some of the works were previously unknown.

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