The collection of modernist works was discovered by chance in 2010 in an old bombed-out basement, when excavations were made for the subway, according to Art Daily. Investigations later showed in a document from 1942, issued by the Third Reich's Ministry of Propaganda, that it was works from the Nazis' major campaign against "degenerate art".
Now the confiscated art is on display at the Petri architecture museum in Berlin, as an illustration of the Nazis' art purges. It's about both the artists and where they went, as well as the importance of modern art. There are works by, among others, Emy Roeder, Otto Freundlich and Marg Moll.
The exhibition has been shown in several other countries before it finally finds its home.
