by Jean-Patrick Duchesne On 30th June 1939, in Lucerne, art dealer Theodor Fischer wrote a dark chapter in the history of 20th century art by auctioning off one hundred and twenty-five “masterpieces of modern art” pilfered from German museums by the government of the Third Reich, works by the great artists of the era but […]
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De Standaard 21 February 2017by Geert Sels Belgium has 78 paintings in its museums that came back from Germany. Although it has the works ‘in custody’ until a rightful owner shows up, Belgium has always omitted to make this list public. Culture journalist Geert Sels is now publishing it in a 40 page dossier in […]
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This is my first post for this new project StolenArt.be. The website is dedicated to the victims of the Nazis. By victims I don’t only mean the miljons of people killed by the Nazis during the War, but also the cultural goods that were looted, stolen and burned by the Germans. For art WWII started […]
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