plundered art – Page 23

January 21, 2014

The challenges of making a historically accurate film about WWII

What does it take to make an entertaining, vibrant, thrilling, moving, suspenseful film about one or more aspects of the Second World War and not betray […]

January 20, 2014

Teaching about looted art to ten to twelve year olds

Ten years ago, I was invited to teach a workshop in a Jewish Day School outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The average age of the students […]

January 20, 2014

Part Two–Some of Hildebrand Gurlitt’s pals in German-occupied Paris

Dr. Erhard Göpel, representative of the Linz Museum project, accessory to acts of cultural plunder both in German-occupied Holland and France, had a “special” relationship with […]

January 20, 2014

Time for a reckoning with the Cornelius/Hildebrand Gurlitt saga—Part One

GurlittSource: the week.co.uk Now that we are barely three weeks into 2014, the unfolding of the Gurlitt saga has turned into an international circus, one part […]

January 19, 2014

Once upon a time…

US Soldiers toast victory at BerchtesgadenSource: Wikipedia via US Army Once upon a time, an American private first class entered Adolf Hitler’s lair in Berchtesgaden, tantamount […]

January 18, 2014

Where were you…?

Drancy Concentration CampSource: Wikipedia via Ghetto Fighters’ House Where were you when the trains left Drancy? How do 45 trains carrying altogether more than 40,000 children, […]

November 8, 2013

THE HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION PROJECT CALLS ON THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE A DETAILED AND COMPLETE INVENTORY OF THE CORNELIUS GURLITT COLLECTION AND SET UP A COMMISSION TO HASTEN RESTITUTION OF NAZI-LOOTED ARTWORKS TO HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND THEIR HEIRS.

Press Contacts:For HARP: Marc Masurovsky, (00) 1 202 255 1602 , plunderedart@gmail.com For Immediate Release Washington, DC, USA – November 8, 2013 – The Holocaust Art […]

October 19, 2013

From Outside Neolithic Walls: It’s a Matter of Scale and Resources

Participants attending PRTP-Zagreb from March 10-15, 2013Source: Holocaust Art Restitution Project by Martin Terrazas, co-posting with ARCAblog This is in response to several messages in the […]

August 19, 2013

Un exemple atypique de restitution

by Thierry Bajou, Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Service des musées de France, Ministère de la Culture et de la communication [Editor’s note: It is not […]