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The Schiele pieces were handed over today in an event organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. 

Seven drawings by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele have been removed from arts institutions across the country, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and returned to the heirs of their former owner, whose collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office arranged for the return of seven works to a family that has been seeking them for more than a quarter of a century.

Seven drawings by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele have been removed from arts institutions across the country, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and returned to the heirs of their former owner, whose collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

(JTA) - After a years-long battle to reacquire two paintings the Nazis stole from their ancestor before he became one of their early victims, the

Grünbaum was said to be the inspiration for a character in the 1972 film “Cabaret” and was also a real-life collector of the works of Schiele, an Austrian expressionist artist.

Proceeds from the sales will go to support up-and-coming performing artists from underrepresented backgrounds.