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House Adopts Bill to Ease Recovery by Heirs of Nazi Looted Art

Late yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a law easing recovery by heirs of Nazi-looted art www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/a...

Was This Painting Looted by Nazis? After 19 Years, the Debate Goes On.

The heirs of Hugo Simon, a Jewish banker who fled Nazi Germany, first approached the Folkwang Museum about this Franz Marc painting in 2007. Three research projects later, the museum says there is not enough evidence it was lost due to Nazi persecution to return it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Former Swiss president to head new Nazi loot panel The new Commission for Historically Problematic Cultural Heritage—whose remit also includes claims for cultural heritage that changed hands in a colonial context—will issue non-binding recommendations

Switzerland finally gets a Nazi loot commission more than 27 years after endorsing the Washington Principles. It will be led by Simonetta Sommaruga, a former Swiss president. tinyurl.com/uy5mtbdd

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.

damn, you're right. I remember them as so chocolatey. But haven't had one for probably 40 years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So good. They were always the best in my school packed lunch. Penguins were ok but definitely second best

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: a ‘true German artist’ who found peace in Switzerland Nearly a century after a solo exhibition that Kirchner curated himself in Bern, the Swiss capital is revisiting that show – with some help from the German chancellor.

Nearly a century after a solo exhibition that Ernst Ludwig Kirchner curated himself at the Bern Kunsthalle, the Kunstmuseum Bern is revisiting that show – with some help from the German chancellor.
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to get the q and the z - quartzy (only 7 letters, but great in Scrabble)

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I often make Jamie Oliver's fish and fennel pie. It's a good one

funny, the same as the first commenter - fish pie or risotto. Sometimes lasagne. But risotto means you can't talk to the guests for about half an hour. Any kind of roast chicken is majorly comforting (unless veggie guests of course)

Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book

'The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.' @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book

Rebuilding a historic Jewish library, book by book. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

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Berlin museums’ first woman leader plans to tackle reforms and construction The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, now led by Marion Ackermann, is currently undergoing major structural changes

I spoke to Marion Ackermann as she takes over the cultural behemoth that is the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an institution undergoing upheaval with plenty of challenges ahead tinyurl.com/3wm6rjvz

Key member of Die Brücke art movement gets museum in hometown Never-before-seen works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff will go on show in Chemnitz, which was home to three of the German Expressionist group's founders

Unknown works by the Brücke artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff go on show in a new museum on the outskirts of Chemnitz, where he grew up tinyurl.com/5czd7zm6

Turmoil at Bavarian state museums as director quits and state prosecutor investigates A crisis that began as an uproar over how the Bavarian State Painting Collections handles Nazi-looted art has widened as Bernhard Maaz “clears the way for a new beginning,” according to the state mini...

The Bavarian State Painting Collections are in turmoil after the director quit and the prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation. This was all triggered by a newspaper report saying the organisation was hiding research on Nazi-looted art. tinyurl.com/46jp56zk

A $300 Million Art Trove and the Labyrinth of Nazi-Era Art Claims (Gift Article) Claims on the Guelph Treasure stretch back nearly two decades, and Germany’s plans to change how restitutions are evaluated are now adding new wrinkles.

A new chapter has opened in a 17-year dispute over the Guelph Treasure, one of the most valuable troves claimed by the heirs of Jewish victims of Nazi rule, after the discovery of archive documents suggesting it was sold under duress. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...

Facing accusations of hiding Nazi loot, Bavaria pledges more research and greater transparency The state’s culture minister has responded to an outcry after a newspaper reported that the Bavarian State Painting Collections keeps an unpublished internal list of 200 Nazi-looted works in its posse...

Facing accusations it is hiding Nazi loot in its collections, Bavaria pledges more transparency and research. tinyurl.com/e7ahpj8k

Egon Schiele Watercolor, Said to be Nazi-Looted, Set for Auction (Gift Article) Christie’s, which values the work at more than $1 million, said the proceeds from any sale would be shared with the heirs of an art collector killed in a concentration camp.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/a...

A looter evades justice, a victim searches for art: new films explore Nazi looting The stories of Bruno Lohse, the SS officer who oversaw Göring’s store of looted art, and the Jewish dealer Max Stern, whose heirs fought to recover art stolen by the Gestapo, are recreated on screen

Two new films dealing with Nazi looting: 'The Plunderer' explores the life and lies of Bruno Lohse; 'The Spoils' looks at the legacy of the Jewish dealer Max Stern tinyurl.com/4kryhez7

German president condemns Russia’s ‘war against Ukraine’s culture’ as evacuated works go on show in Berlin The exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie, open to the public from today, shows 60 works brought to Berlin for safety from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns Russia's "war against Ukraine's culture" as 60 paintings evacuated from Odesa go on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. tinyurl.com/bdfnatf6

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: the artist’s life in Davos For 20 years, the troubled Expressionist found refuge, respite and inspiration in the Alpine town

Going to the World Economic Forum? Take a tour through Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Davos... tinyurl.com/2v29skms