Hitler's long-lost collection of paintings found Workers move a 1943 painting by German painter Franz Eichhorst titled, "Reminisc...

Hitler's long-lost collection of paintings found

Workers move a 1943 painting by German painter Franz Eichhorst titled, "Reminiscence on Stalingrad", a part of Adolf Hitler's private art collection, at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

A photo of a 1943 painting by German painter Franz Eichhorst titled, "Reminiscence on Stalingrad", a part of Adolf Hitler's private art collection, rests at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

A photo of a 1943 painting by German painter Franz Eichhorst titled, "Reminiscence on Stalingrad", a part of Adolf Hitler's private art collection, rests at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

Paintings from 1943 by German painter Franz Eichhorst, "Reminiscence on Stalingrad" and German painter Paul Herrmann, "Lights-off for Soldiers during Party Days in Nuremberg" (R), both part of Adolf Hitler's private art collection, rest at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

A worker stands next to a 1943 painting by German painter Armin Reumann titled, "Finish", a part of Adolf Hitler's private art collection, at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

A photographer takes pictures of paintings belonging to Adolf Hitler's private art collection at the Doksany Monastery near Prague February 27, 2012. Sixteen paintings from this collection were recently found in the Czech Republic, but will not be publicly displayed. REUTERS/Petr Josek

A Czech historian has discovered a long-lost collection of paintings belonging to Adolf Hitler. Historians tell the Telegraph that the collection could be auctioned for about $2.6 million.

However, the convent where the paintings were discovered has said in a statement that it intends to keep the collection.