British Museum in Moral Quandary Over Stolen Art From: Forward | Date: June 10, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Popper, Nathaniel
Forward
06-10-2005
The British Museum wants to return a set of drawings stolen from a Jewish
family by the Nazis -- but in this case, doing the "moral" thing is against
the law.

At stake are four old master drawings that were taken in 1939 from the
Feldmanns, a Czech family, and sold to the British Museum after the war for
nine guineas. The museum has stated its "moral obligation" to return the
drawings, but last week a judge in London ruled that the British Museum Act
of 1963 does not permit the museum to part with most objects in its
collections, including the Feldmann drawings.

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