Monday, November 11, 2013

German form of identification task forces of Nazi stolen painting

German government to make details of the findings of more than 1,000 paintings of alleged Nazi stolen art . Allegedly , at least 590 works of art found in the apartment was stolen Nazi .
Most of the details of the data that the artwork has been published on the site www.lostart.de . The site was declared to be updated periodically . A task force has even set up to accelerate the identification of the artwork .
Thousands of artworks were found in the apartment belonged to Cornelius Gurlitt ( 80 ) in Munich , Germany . Among the works are stored in a low-light room that contained the work of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso . Thousands of these works was accidentally discovered when the tax audit .
Identification of new sites contain artwork on these findings , it details the work of Otto Dix stated " The Woman in Theater Box " , the work of Otto Griebel "Child at the Table " , and the work of Max Liebermann " Rider on the Beach " . Allegedly , thousands of works of art is a forced purchase or Nazi plunder from Jewish collectors , during the reign of Hitler's regime .
On the one hand , these findings raise thousands of works to restore hope of recovery era art in Germany . But on the other hand , the slow process of identification also sparked frustration .
Spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday ( 11/11/2013 ) , said the pressure for an understanding of the detailed findings of the artwork published soon . " They represent parents who are treated very badly , " said the spokesman, Steffen Seibert .The government set up a task force to address the findings of Germany 's art involves six experts to support arts groups from the Free University of Berlin . According to the German Government , the task force will work along parallel legal cases produced by prosecutors in Augsburg .
Of attorney , just out statement that one of the works of Matisse painting was stolen from a bank Nazis in France in 1942 . It depicts a woman who was sitting .
On the same day , state police spokesman Stuttgart , Horst Haug , said that they had taken 22 works of art from a house in Kornwestheim . They suspect , dozens of this work has to do with finding thousands of paintings in Munich .
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle acknowledged that Germany 's reputation in the international world would be at stake if not proactively address the findings of the thousands of paintings . This includes , call him , in the identification process .
" We should not underestimate the sensitivity of this issue in the whole world , " Westerwelle said , as quoted by the German news agency , DPA . " Transparency is the most important thing right now. "

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