Germany launches Web site for stolen Nazi art

It's a Web site that will let victims and their heirs advertise, search for and find their artworks. Launched by the German government, it's an online listing of artworks plundered by the Nazis from museums and homes during World War Two.

The Web site, www.lostart.de, catalogues unclaimed valuables collected by Hitler for his dream museum.

Hitler ordered Nazi dealers to tour Europe and plunder, or buy at gunpoint, art works from museums and private collectors.

The collection which included works by Rembrandt, Rubens and Vermeer fell into Allied hands at the end of the war. The pieces, for the most part, were returned to their original owners.

Some went unclaimed. They're currently stored in government depots in Berlin or on temporary loan to museums.