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> I doubt the Germans paid anybody when they took it from Italy. Why? The museum was not built by nazis.

• ejb999 4y ago
  germans were invading and pillaging a long time before Nazi's came to power and that is not unique to Germany - think Napoleon, so it is more likely than not that it was simply stolen, perhaps repeatedly over a couple thousand years.
  • trumpablehump 4y ago
    And the romans before that. Heck they even made just about to Aschaffenburg, where this relic was stolen.
  • robonerd 4y ago
    > germans were invading and pillaging Ludwig I of Bavaria never invaded Italy but he did frequently travel there for pleasure, and was known for purchasing antiquities and art. > so it is more likely than not that it was simply stolen You really have little rational basis for this belief. Could it have been stolen? Sure, maybe by Ludwig or maybe by whichever Italian sold it to Ludwig, or maybe by the great-great-great-great-grandfather of whoever sold it to Ludwig. But "more likely than not" stolen by Ludwig? Such confidence is merely a reflection of your biases.