International Community Found to be Lax in Identifying and Returning Nazi Looted Art

                On September 10, 2014 a comprehensive report by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) was published, reviewing the progress made by 47 countries that adopted groundbreaking international agreements in the last two decades – including the Washington Principles in 1998 and the Terezin Declaration in 2009 – that pledged greater efforts to identify and return artwork confiscated from Jews perpetrated by the Nazis and their allies during World War II.  The report was cogent in its assessment, identifying severe shortcomings on the part of numerous nations; most notably: Italy and Poland.[2]