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Tag: World Jewish Restitution Organization

0 Holocaust Communities

Amsterdam, atoning for role in delivering Jews to the Nazis, pledges donation and memorials at tram stops

Philissa Cramer in JTA · 29 Mar

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.

0 Holocaust Art

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.

Gideon Taylor in JTA · 12 Mar

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.

0 Holocaust Art

21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains

Jackie Hajdenberg in Forward · 8 Mar

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.

0 Holocaust Antisemitism

How to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day in a Post-October 7th World

People of the Pod · 25 Jan

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.

0 Holocaust Politics

In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

Shira Li Bartov in Forward · 19 Dec 2023

Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property.

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Changing U.S. Political Landscape; Recovering Nazi-Looted Art

People of the Pod · 15 May 2020

In this discussion, Seth Mandel and Batya Ungar-Sargon talk about the changing U.S. political landscape and its implications for American Jews.