Posts Tagged ‘restitution’
PW Review of my Memoir
(My book’s cover, back and front) *** I am most pleased to note that the venerable PUBLISHERS WEEKLY has published a favorable review of my memoir SUMMONS TO BERLIN. PW relates some details of my Berlin restitution quest, then calls the book “a unique and memorable account of untangling inherited trauma.” I did endeavor to…
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Dame Helen Mirren recently testified in front of two United States Senate subcommittees. The Oscar-winning actress asked Senators to pass a proposed bill that would give victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair chance to recover Nazi-robbed art. Whereas the Nazis stole an estimated 650,000 works, only a minuscule percentage of the victims…
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