PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.- The Czech government designated fourteen art works as national treasures, thus protecting them from leaving the country. Emil Freund was expelled from Prague during the Nazi occupation, his works of art were stolen by the Nazis. Freund later died in Poland. The Jewish Museum in Prague had informed that it would use Czech restitution laws to return the 30 French paintings once owned by Emil Freund. Among the works that were designated national treasures are: Paul Signac's "Riverboat on the Seine" (1901) and Andre Derain's "Head of a Young Woman" (c. 1920). Michaela Hajkova, curator of the Jewish Museum, said, "With one hand, the Czech government gives these works out, and with the other hand, they take them back, making special deals behind closed doors."