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Why museums should be leading the fight for Holocaust art restitution, not resisting it

JL;DR SUMMARY Jonathan H. Schwartz argues that museums should not resist but rather lead the effort for the restitution of Holocaust-looted art. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustDigital ArchivesJusticeMemoryCultural InstitutionsMuseumsArt RestitutionPublic TrustHear ActHolocaust Art Recovery

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"during a ceremony for the restitution of three works of art looted from German Jews by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945, in Paris, on April 18, 2023."
Hungary
"These records show in detail how the Hungarian state inventoried, signed for, and routed into public museums and libraries Jewish-owned paintings, sculptures, Torah scrolls and Judaica, jewelry, rare books, family photos, dolls and toys, and antiquities all while 437,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz in just eight weeks in 1944."

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