microrobert
02-14-2013, 07:39 PM
7 French Paintings Looted by Nazis Should Be Returned To Jewish Owners
Panel Urges Louvre To Act on Stolen Artwork
A French restitution committee reportedly has recommended returning seven valuable paintings looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust from two Jewish families.
The paintings are currently part of various collections in France, including the Louvre in Paris. and the museums of Tours, Saint-Étienne and Agen, but the CIVS Holocaust restitution committee determined in December that they belonged to the Wiener and Neumann families and should be returned to them, according to an article published on Feb. 13 in Le Monde.
The decision by the CIVS committee was kept under wraps until now because of the “sensitivity” of the matter, Le Monde reported, adding that the restitution would be the largest of its kind since 2000.
http://forward.com/articles/171190/-french-paintings-looted-by-nazis-should-be-retur/#ixzz2KuKptUyA
Panel Urges Louvre To Act on Stolen Artwork
A French restitution committee reportedly has recommended returning seven valuable paintings looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust from two Jewish families.
The paintings are currently part of various collections in France, including the Louvre in Paris. and the museums of Tours, Saint-Étienne and Agen, but the CIVS Holocaust restitution committee determined in December that they belonged to the Wiener and Neumann families and should be returned to them, according to an article published on Feb. 13 in Le Monde.
The decision by the CIVS committee was kept under wraps until now because of the “sensitivity” of the matter, Le Monde reported, adding that the restitution would be the largest of its kind since 2000.
http://forward.com/articles/171190/-french-paintings-looted-by-nazis-should-be-retur/#ixzz2KuKptUyA