Jonathan H. Schwartz is a Detroit-based attorney and co-founder of the Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative. He has worked with archives from the Zekelman Holocaust Center, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the World Jewish Restitution Organization to uncover and document Holocaust-era cultural property seized in Hungary.
Jonathan H. Schwartz
By Jonathan H. Schwartz
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