CBladey:
Read Lynn H Nicholas' The rape of Europa: The fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and Second World War (1995).
 
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>>> On 18 October, 2010 at 1:06 PM, in message <[log in to unmask]>, Conrad Bladey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I am certain that over the melennia my family has had art stolen from it 
we dont know exactly what it might be but if we make up a list and 
submit a claim perhaps someone will find works of art that match the 
description. How do we know that the claims are legitimate. Tlhe allies 
I believe are out a good fortune for liberating europe. Perhaps some of 
the art should be simply sold tocompensate the liberators and the 
marshal plan. Seems strange sitll worrying about art when so much was 
spent for the liberation.

Conrad

Julie H. Ernstein wrote:

>Except of course, that the last paragraph says: "Chairman Julius Berman said it was 'now the responsibility of museums, art dealers and auction houses to check their holdings against these records to determine whether they might be in possession of art stolen from Holocaust victims'."  This seems to naively assume that art dealers, among others, wish to know that they are in possession of stolen art.  Let's not hold our collective breath on that coming to pass.
>
>Dr. Julie H. Ernstein
>Asst. Prof. of Anthropology
>Heritage Resources Program
>School of Social Sciences
>Northwestern State University
>345C Kyser Hall
>Natchitoches, LA 71497
>tel: 318.357.6596
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of geoff carver
>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 7:07 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Stolen Holocaust art database launched
>
>This might be worth following, to see how effective it turns out to be (we
>could learn something about how to find looted antiquities):
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11564355
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