Hans Sachs, Berlin, before 1938

A Berlin, Germany court recently ruled in favor returning art posters to the son of the former owner, a Jewish dentist who fled Germany in 1938 with his wife and infant son.  Many of the posters are currently in the permanent collection of the German Historical Museum in Berlin;  the Museum will likely appeal the ruling.  Dr. Sachs has collected approximately 12,500 posters, of which less than half are in the GHM;  it is not know where the remainder are.

Read more in the Washington Post article, February 11, 2009.