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Ansje Burdick wrote:
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> I haven’t seen any comments on this yet so I thought I would throw it out
> there...
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> This last Tuesday (Jan. 27) the House passed the Holocaust Victims Redress
> Act which suggests "all governments take appropriate action to ensure that
> artworks confiscated by the Nazi’s – or the Soviets in the aftermath of
> World War II – be returned to their original owners or their heirs."
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> Anyone out there interested in discussing this? What kind of impact do
> you think this will have on museums? Any? Just thought I would throw it
> out and see if anyone is interested. I’d like to hear your thoughts.
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> If you want more information look at:
> http://www.house.gov/banking/12798lea.htm
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> The Committee on Banking and Financial Services will hold a third hearing
> on issues related to Holocaust restitution on Feb 13th. This hearing will
> be more focused on looted art. You can find a transcript of past hearings at:
> http://www.house.gov/banking/
> (look under hearings and transcripts by date or title)
Haven't been following this issue closely; am curious: Why only Soviets
and Nazis? We have a resident who has the largest collection of
Hitlerian art in the world. He was a soldier in German, post war II and
says he bought the stuff. Has also been waging a pitched battle with
the U.S. government for glass plates he claims are his (confirmed by the
courts, I understand), but that the government won't return (now say
they are lost).
More to the point: didn't we take any art or we simply the
squeeky-clean, good guys?
--
Bob Handy, Director
Brazoria County Historical Museum
Angleton, Texas
http://www.bchm.org
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