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BERLIN (AP) -- Two paintings that the Nazis forced a Jewish art dealer to sell off in the 1930s have been returned to his estate, and its heirs say they are working hard to recover hundreds more.

During a news conference today in Berlin, representatives of Max Stern's estate say they are still working to recover the estimated 400 works that Stern lost because of Nazi persecution between 1935 and 1937.

They displayed a copy of the painting ``Girl from the Sabine Mountains'' by a 19th-century portrait artist. It was recently recovered after Stern's estate sued German baroness Maria-Luise Bissonnette, who lives in Providence.

Last month, a federal appeals court in Boston rejected an appeal from Bissonnette and decided the painting belongs with the Stern estate.

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