Schiele artworks believed stolen during Holocaust seized from US museums

Works by Austrian expressionist were formerly owned by entertainer who died in concentration camp

Three artworks believed stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities.

The artworks by the Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele were previously owned by Fritz Grunbaum, a cabaret performer and songwriter who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.