Tag: Looted
Processes: Database for Nazi looted property – art collector fails at the Federal Court of Justice
processes Database for Nazi loot – art collector fails at the Federal Court of Justice The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. photo © Uli Deck/dpa An art dealer failed…
Processes: Federal Court of Justice rules on art database for possible Nazi looted goods
processes Federal Court of Justice verdicts on art database for possible Nazi loot The Federal Court of Justice announces its decision. photo © Uli Deck/dpa During their rule, the Nazis…
Benin bronzes for investigations in Fürth: measuring the looted art
Scientists are digitizing 26 of the famous objects before returning to Nigeria. In the future, this should enable access for researchers and interested parties all over the world – and…
Italy claims seven probably looted antiquities from the Louvre
Italy is asking the Louvre for the return of seven pieces of antiquity probably looted before their acquisition, the Parisian museum said on Friday, confirming information from the World. The…
Parliament adopts “historic” law on the return of works looted by the Nazis
Parliament, unanimously, adopted on Thursday a framework law to facilitate the restitution by French public collections of cultural property whose Jews were looted under Nazi Germany, “a law of action”…
Debate about a looted art law: the case of Max Pechstein at an auction
A painting by Max Pechstein, which belonged to a Jewish doctor who had to flee the Nazis, is to be auctioned in Cologne. Why Germany finally needs a looted art…
Debate about looted art: the case of Max Pechstein – Kultur
A painting by Max Pechstein, which belonged to a Jewish doctor who had to flee the Nazis, is to be auctioned in Cologne. Why Germany finally needs a looted art…
Looted art dispute: decision on Picasso painting postponed
In the Bavarian state parliament, the Picasso painting “Madame Soler” was debated briefly and heatedly. Without a result. source site
351 looted antiquities returned to the country after 17 years of investigation
Like Egypt, Greece regularly fights to recover its looted works of art and antiquities, scattered in museums and private collections around the world, witnesses of its rich history. From the…
More than 25,000 euros in gold looted from a shop during a wild demonstration
Ransacked businesses, vandalized street furniture and burning barricades. After an already very agitated Friday evening, the regional rally against the pension reform degenerated on Saturday afternoon in Rennes. As often…