Germany’s unwillingness to commit to comprehensive restitution of art stolen by the Nazis is becoming increasingly scandalous.
Stuart Eizenstat, 80, is a polite man and one of Washington’s most experienced diplomats. He was domestic policy advisor to Jimmy Carter, deputy treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, EU ambassador and chief negotiator for the Kyoto Protocol. Since 2013 he has been a special advisor on Holocaust matters. When a man like that publicly attacks friendly Germany not once but twice within a few weeks, he must be really frustrated. That’s exactly how it was.