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The Kunstmuseum Bern art museum in the Swiss capital of Bern was named as the sole heir of Cornelius Gurlitt.

German recluse has left his Nazi-era hoard of art to a Swiss museum

Cornelius Gurlitt, the German recluse who was discovered to have hoarded a treasure trove of suspected Nazi-era looted art in Munich, died at the age of 81 on Tuesday. In his will, Gurlitt left all of the 1400 works of art to the Kunstmuseum Bern art museum in Switzerland. A museum spokesman said the news “came like a bolt from the blue”. Cornelius Gurlitt, the German recluse who was discovered to have hoarded a treasure trove of suspected Nazi-era looted art in Munich, died at the age of 81 on Tuesday. In his will, Gurlitt left all of the 1400 works of art to the Kunstmuseum Bern art museum in Switzerland. A museum spokesman said the news “came like a bolt from the blue”.

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