Friday 16 March 2012

Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2007 file photo a poster from Hans Sachs' Poster Collection is exhibited at the German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany. Germany's top court is set to rule Friday, March 16, 2012 on whether the Berlin museum must return to Hans Sachs' son Peter Sachs from Florida thousands of rare posters that were seized by the Nazis from him. Lower courts have ruled that Peter Sachs is the rightful owner of the vast collection of advertisements and political propaganda dating back to the late 1800s, and now believed to be worth between euro 4.5 million to euro16 million (US$6 million to US$21 million), depending on their condition. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from the U.S. thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Gestapo, saying that for the institution to keep them would be perpetuating the crimes of the Nazis.


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