Italy refuses Munich museum's request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Adolf Hitler

[Collection]Italy's culture minister rejects the German State Antiquities Collection's request to return the Discobolus Palombara, a 2nd-century Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue that embodied Hitler's Aryan aesthetic. Hitler acquired the statue in 1938 against the wishes of Italian officials. The statue was returned to Italy in 1948. The dispute now involves the director of the National Roman Museum requesting the return of the statue's marble base from the German museum.