Tag: World Jewish Restitution Organization
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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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21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains
More than 20 countries have agreed to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art, which aim to strengthen the 1998 Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art.
Mark Weitzman from the World Jewish Restitution Organization discusses the links between the Hamas attack on Israel and the Holocaust, as well as the connection between Holocaust denial and distortion and the denial and distortion of the October 7 events.
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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.
In this discussion, Seth Mandel and Batya Ungar-Sargon talk about the changing U.S. political landscape and its implications for American Jews.