German officials are defending the exhibition in Berlin of an art collection owned by the family of a major arms supplier to the Nazis by arguing the exhibit would “help heal the scars of Adolf Hitler’s crusade against modern art.” An official explains: “This altruistic gesture should not be overloaded with politics. It’s a gesture toward a city particularly marked by the history of the last century.” She was referring to the Nazis’ hatred of modern art, which saw many works destroyed and others by the likes of van Gogh and Picasso displayed in infamous ‘Degenerate Art’ shows.