How hard is it to track down stolen works of art?
How historians track down works of art stolen during the Nazi regime.
Nearly 600,000 works of art were looted from all across Europe during the Nazi regime, mostly stolen from Jewish art collectors. After the war, the works were scattered. Today most are still out there, on display in private collections and languishing in dusty basements. Israeli curators were recently shocked to learn that some works on their walls are, in fact, stolen property.
So, how are museums responding? And who's tracking all this movement? And when artworks are casualties of war, what does it take to reverse the damage?
Elinor Kroitoru of Hashava -- Israel's Holocaust restitution company -- joins guest host Daniel Richler to discuss these issues. He also speaks with Clarence Epstein, head of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project at Concordia University in Montreal.
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