A relation of the Polish painter Tadeusz Pruszkowski, who died in 1942, has asked Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, to hand over seven Polish paintings and four tapestries, but the Jesuit Institution says the objects properly belong to it

Stolen in 1945 from a Polish prince’s museum, it is now thought to be in Bavaria

But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned

Czartoryski Museum and Library converted into foundation with advice from London art dealer, Andrew Ciechanowiecki

They have already dug out several dozen armoured cars, field-guns, transporters and other vehicles