Restitution
Dutch report calls for a ‘more empathetic attitude’ from Holocaust restitution committee
The state report criticized the committee for a controversial test it uses to evaluate claims.
In Italy, A Famous Museum Is Shaming Germany For Keeping Nazi-Looted Art
“We are not in a legal position to buy something that according to Italian and international law we already own.”
The World Set Rules For Returning Nazi-Looted Art. Are They Working?
“I think that they’ve been transformative.”
JDate To Pay Back Romantic Hopefuls For Automatic Renewals
Parent company Spark Networks USA agreed to pay $500,000 in penalties and up to $985,000 in restitution.
How Hard Is It To Trace Nazi-Looted Art? Heirs’ Showdown With German Foundation Gives Insight.
When Fritz Grünbaum was deported to Dachau in 1938 his art collection numbered more than 400 works, many by Egon Schiele.
EXCLUSIVE: In Exile, Iraqi Jews Are Desperate To Reclaim Their Artifacts — But So Is Iraq
“When I go to the cemetery, in front of the tomb where all these destroyed Torahs are buried, I feel like I’m praying at the tomb of my ancestors.”
Düsseldorf’s Mayor Accused of Canceling Max Stern Show Over Fears Of Restitution
Düsseldorf’s mayor referenced “current demands for information and restitution in German museums in connection with the Galerie Max Stern.”
German City Cancels Art Exhibit Over Holocaust Restitution Demands
“There are very influential people in Germany who don’t want to see art returned to Jews.”
It’s Chabad vs. Lithuanian Jews in Fight Over Holocaust Funds
Holocaust restitution money is supposed to heal wounds. But the Lithuanian government’s payment of $40 million to the country’s small Jewish community has reopened a decades-long dispute between Lithuania’s Jewish leadership and a Chabad rabbi from Boston.
Hanover Museum To Return Watercolor to Holocaust Victim’s Heirs
Hanover’s Sprengel Museum will return the German Expressionist painting to the heirs of its former owner, Max Rüdenberg.