Twenty Years Later, United States and Europe Reaffirm Commitment to Restituting Nazi-Looted Artwork

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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Author: 
Zarine Kharazian
Volume: 
34
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On December 3, 1998, forty-four countries, along with a host of art collectors and NGOs, convened in Washington D.C. to discuss the return of Nazi-looted art. Nazi authorities expropriated artwork and other cultural property on an unprecedented scale. During World War II, they looted nearly twenty percent of Europe’s art, or roughly 750,000 works.