Wednesday, November 1, 2000
Volume:
16
Issue:
11
1004
Abstract:
During a one week period, German and Lithuania acted to restore art taken during World War II.
2. German Restoration
On September 25, 2000, two German museums at a Berlin ceremony returned more than 80 artworks to the heirs of a Gustay Kirstein, Leipzig-based Jewish publisher. For decades the Kirstein family had first sought compensation for a collection seized by the Nazis...[more]