Wollongong Art Gallery has removed the name of one of its most generous benefactors from its rooms after discovering his history as a Nazi collaborator. But the regional NSW council has ruled out selling or breaking up a collection of 100 Australian artworks donated by Bronius "Bob" Sredersas in 1978 that makes up the foundation of…
Bronius “Bob” Sredersas, the former steelworker who donated his art collection to the City of Wollongong art gallery, was a collaborator working with the Nazis in his native Lithuania. Four years ago exWollongong councillor Michael Samaris read in a catalogue published for the 40th anniversary of the gallery that Sredersas had been a policeman in…