1. Nazi Victim's Family Told to Return Artifact.
- Author
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Cohen, Patricia
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APPELLATE courts , *HOLOCAUST survivors , *VICTIMS , *ANCIENT goldwork , *NAZIS , *ANTIQUITIES , *DECISION making , *MUSEUMS - Abstract
A state appellate court in Brooklyn has ordered the family of a Holocaust survivor to return an ancient gold tablet to a German museum. The decision turns on its head the familiar scenario of Holocaust victims suing to reclaim property stolen or extorted from them by the Nazis. But in this case, according to court papers, the precious 3,200-year-old Assyrian artifact had been looted, not from the survivor, but from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, at the close of World War II. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2012