Swiss Museum to Accept Nazi Art Trove

A Swiss museum says it will accept a priceless collection of long-hidden artwork from a German recluse whose trove included masterpieces looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis. Christoph Schaeublin of the Bern Art Museum said Monday in Berlin the museum would accept the collection, but would work to ensure that any art taken from Jewish owners by the Nazis is returned. German authorities in 2012 seized more than 1,200 items from Cornelius Gurlitt's apartment in Munich while...

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