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Holocaust survivor told to return nazi era stolen museum stuff.
Posted by:
truenewsforu
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Date: June 04, 2012 06:38AM
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/family-holocaust-survivor-ordered-return-artifact-110038470--abc-news-topstories.html
A Brooklyn court has ordered the family of a Holocaust survivor to return a 3,200-year-old artifact to a German museum.
The Assyrian artifact is a golden tablet about the size of a passport photo that was looted from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin during World War II, according to court papers.
The tablet was discovered in 1913 by a group of German archeologists in Iraq, court papers read. It was placed in the Berlin museum in 1926, but when an inventory was conducted in 1939, the tablet was missing.
The looter has been pegged as Auschwitz survivor Riven Flamenbaum.
"The time frame is a huge factor, as is the emotion of the case," Presser said. "This tablet was one of the first things he had in his hands when he came to this country. He raised three children. He started a new life here, and now they're being chased down by his past. It is outrageous a Holocaust survivor would be abused in this way."
A Brooklyn court has ordered the family of a Holocaust survivor to return a 3,200-year-old artifact to a German museum.
The Assyrian artifact is a golden tablet about the size of a passport photo that was looted from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin during World War II, according to court papers.
The tablet was discovered in 1913 by a group of German archeologists in Iraq, court papers read. It was placed in the Berlin museum in 1926, but when an inventory was conducted in 1939, the tablet was missing.
The looter has been pegged as Auschwitz survivor Riven Flamenbaum.
"The time frame is a huge factor, as is the emotion of the case," Presser said. "This tablet was one of the first things he had in his hands when he came to this country. He raised three children. He started a new life here, and now they're being chased down by his past. It is outrageous a Holocaust survivor would be abused in this way."
Re: Holocaust survivor told to return nazi era stolen museum stuff.
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
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Date: June 04, 2012 08:04AM
How did they even figure out it was him? I would've buried that thing in a vault long ago.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).