Yahoo – AFP,
16 Jun 2014
A combination of photos released by prosecutors in Augsburg, Germany show five paintings believed looted by the Nazis, seized from a Munich flat of Cornelius Gurlitt. (AFP) |
JERUSALEM:
Israel and Germany have agreed to conduct joint research in museums in both
countries aimed at determining the original ownership of Jewish-owned art
looted by Nazis, officials said.
Under an
agreement signed Sunday by Israeli culture ministry director general Orly
Froman and German Culture Minister Monika Gruetters, art experts from the two
countries will undergo training and coordinate the formation of joint data
bases.
"The
cooperation between German and Israeli institutions on provenance research of
Nazi-confiscated art and Judaica is a great vote of confidence," Gruetters
said in a statement.
Israeli
Culture Minister Limor Livnat said the agreement could lead to restitution of
art stolen by Nazis to the Jewish heirs, a statement from her ministry read.
Livnat
noted the ongoing cooperation between Israel and Germany on Nazi-era art
provenance, including the presence of two Israeli curators in a German
committee dealing with the collection found in the Munich flat of Cornelius
Gurlitt.
Gurlitt,
who died last month at 81, was the son of a Nazi-era art dealer who hoarded
hundreds of paintings valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Prior to
his death he had struck a deal with German authorities to help track down the
rightful owners of the 1,280 artworks, including Jews whose property was stolen
or extorted under the Third Reich.
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