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Nazi Arms And Art

NPR's Emily Harris reports that the city of Berlin has agreed to exhibit a controversial collection of contemporary artworks owned by Friedrich Christian Flick. Flick is a multi-millionaire whose grandfather amassed a fortune selling arms to the Nazis. He lives in Switzerland, but the city of Zurich refused to exhibit his collection because of the Flick family history. (4:15)

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International Correspondent Emily Harris is based in Jerusalem as part of NPR's Mideast team. Her post covers news related to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She began this role in March of 2013.