The Israel Museum, in Jerusalem, is exhibiting art that Nazis in Germany, including Adolph Hitler himself, stole from French Jews during World War II, reports The New York Times.

France possesses 2,000 pieces of art that Germany returned after the war but that were never claimed by their original owners, probably because they were murdered in the Holocaust. Among them are important works by Cezanne, Degas, and Manet. Fifty-three of the works are now on display in Jerusalem, along with a smaller number of works held by Israel that also have no owners.

To stage the exhibit, which is a joint effort between Israel and France, the Israel parliament first had to pass a law that revoked the rights of Israelis to claim stolen artwork while the work was temporarily displayed in the country. The 2007 law allows Israelis to make such claims of ownership only in the exhibit’s country of origin.

The article also includes a slideshow of the works.

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