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Indepth Arts News:
"Russia not to Return Looted Works to Germany"
1999-07-20 until 1999-07-20
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USA United States of America
On Tuesday the Russian High Court ruled that Russia did not have to return looted art from Nazi Germany. The problem arose
from the fact that the new law in Russia would not have distinguished between art
owned by Nazi Germany or art owned by others that had been looted by the Nazis in the first place. At stake are an estimated 1 million books, 55,000 paintings, sculptures and
other art works, and 175,000 coins and medals that the Soviet Union
systematically removed from Nazi Germany following the war. The issue has
complicated otherwise good relations between Russia and Germany in
recent years.
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