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Art and war
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Gestapo confiscation
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.
Lucas Cranach’s “Cupid…”
This is a particularly interesting news article about a work once owned by Hitler and how researchers came to identify it as from his “collection.” Note also the reference to the Art Newspaper as “the bible of the art world.” Have you guys been to the Art Newspaper yet?
The Amber Room
An article about the Amber Room, stolen from the Soviet Union by the Nazis.
Stolen art on display
A remarkable exhibit that highlights international efforts to reunite works of art with their former owners or descendants.
Nazi war loot…
…in the news. Yesterday’s Washington Post offers this story about the difficulties encountered by an heir trying to reclaim her father-in-law’s art collection confiscated and “sold” during WWII.