Tag: Looted
Tricycle looted: vehicle battery stolen in Poing – Ebersberg
On New Year’s Eve, a hitherto unknown perpetrator pried open an Ape (three-wheeled motorcycle from Piaggio) in a shop for animal supplies in Poinger Bergfeldstrasse and stole the battery. There…
Looted art: German museums want to deal with colonial contexts
For decades there has been little progress in coming to terms with the colonial past in German museums. The debate about the Benin bronzes has brought new momentum. But there…
Nearly 2,000 tons of food aid looted by an armed group
An armed group looted nearly 2,000 tonnes of aid from the World Food Program (WFP) in Darfur, western Sudan where one in three people depend on humanitarian aid, an official…
Looted art debate in Switzerland: return or continue exhibiting?
As of: 12/29/2021 8:43 a.m. The dispute over how to deal with art stolen during the Nazi era has reached the Swiss government: it is now calling for a commission…
Nazi looted art case: messed up
Guarneri violin dispute: Nuremberg Hagemann Foundation has to pay 285,000 euros in compensation to the heirs. .source site
France returns to Benin this Tuesday, the 26 treasures looted by colonial troops in the 19th century
Emmanuel Macron receives Beninese President Patrice Talon this Tuesday. The French president will solemnly restore to him the 26 royal treasures of Abomey looted in the 19th century by colonial…
Pension reform in Estonia: the looted pension scheme
Status: 02.11.2021 8:23 a.m. A pension reform by the Estonian government allowed some of the money to be withdrawn to be invested elsewhere. 1.3 billion euros deducted. Experts are now…
France returns looted art: “There will be a before and an after”
Status: 27.10.2021 4:20 p.m. History is being written in Paris today: for the first time since the end of the colonial era, France is returning significant looted art to Benin.…
France returns looted art: “There will be a before and an after”
Status: 27.10.2021 4:20 p.m. History is being written in Paris today: for the first time since the end of the colonial era, France is returning significant looted art to Benin.…
Looted art: Germany wants to transfer ownership of all Benin bronzes
The Benin bronzes are a symbol of looted property from colonial times. Now Germany wants to overwrite the property rights to the valuable art objects. This is just a first…