Tag: Restitution
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Amsterdam, atoning for role in delivering Jews to the Nazis, pledges donation and memorials at tram stops
Amsterdam's public tram company, GVB, announces the placement of memorials at key locations where it transported Dutch Jews to the Nazis during the Holocaust and pledges 100,000 Euros in donations to local Jewish groups.
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For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.
The article discusses the need to return looted Jewish artifacts to their rightful owners, focusing on a specific case of a book from the Romanian Jewish community that surfaced in a New York auction.
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In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property
Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property.
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Finally, her quest for restitution from Germany succeeded — but at what psychological cost?
Joanne Intrator, a New York psychiatrist and daughter of German Jewish refugees, embarked on a challenging journey to seek restitution from Germany for the family's looted property, notably the commercial building at 16 Wallstrasse in Berlin.
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Tel Aviv art museum cancels event with Christie’s following auction of jewelry collection with Nazi ties
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has canceled a conference it was set to host with Christie's following the auction house's sale of jewelry with ties to the Nazis.
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Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian Jew who pined for Vienna but hid her religion
The exhibition "Hedy Lamarr: Actress Inventor Viennese" at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York explores the life of Austrian Jewish actress Hedy Lamarr.
The article discusses the recent actions taken by Poland to set a 30-year limit on all legal cases involving attempts to reclaim seized property and terminate restitution claims.
Eliezer Finkelman delves into the concept of repentance, known as teshuvah, as highlighted in Maimonides' Laws of Repentance.
After a legal battle, a Munich court decided that the art hoard of the late Cornelius Gurlitt, suspected of being stolen by Nazis, will be transferred to Switzerlands Kunstmuseum Bern following Gurlitt's will.
The heirs of the Jewish Schocken family, who owned a department store chain before World War II, have won a restitution case against Germany, receiving nearly $68 million for properties confiscated by the Nazis.