THIS WEEK, THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, UNVEILED A COLLECTION OF IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS. MANY HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN 50 YEARS AND THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED DURING WORLD WAR II. IN FACT, THESE PAINTINGS WERE LOOTED IN GERMANY BY SOVIET "TROPHY BRIGADES," AND BROUGHT BACK TO RUSSIA AND HIDDEN IN VAULTS UNTIL NOW. NPR'S BROOKE GLADSTONE WENT TO THE OPENING.
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