A breakthrough at the New York museum. Under a law signed by the governor of NY, in institutions displaying exhibits stolen by the Nazis, they must hang signs telling visitors about the dark stories of stolen works from the Second World War.
According to experts, the Nazis robbed at least 600,000. works of art belonging to the Jewish population in the pre-war period and during World War II. Some of the prized loot went to the world’s largest museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The museum now reports that its collection now includes 53 exhibits confiscated or sold under duress during Nazi rule – including Turkish helmets from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, taken from French philanthropist Alphonse Meyer de Rothschild († 78 years) . It is ensured that all works of art are acquired by the museum after being returned to their rightful owners.
Under a new law signed last month by Kathy Hochul, 64, museums will be required to show visitors the history of exhibits looted between 1933 and 1945 by displaying signs indicating their origin.
– We have to be aware of the terrible costs people incurred during World War II, when the confiscation took place and their possessions, which they had loved and had been in their families for years, had been taken from them – commented on the new recipe Andrea Bayer, deputy director of the museum for collection and administration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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