Not long ago were not far away. Smith that deliberate destruction because of the story of the foundations of the peoples culture of places of worship and then use snap their spirits you undermined their ability to fight or identify as a people we have seen that with the last two years with iraq and syria with the Islamic State this destroying mosques and shrines in ancient sites and they saw what they saw cherished destroyed and assumed they would be the next victims so the strategy for the Islamic State resulted in a huge wave of refugees. Exploring the many ways which for hitler was a key strategy hitler wanted to control not only what they thought but what the german saw and limit creativity to aryans alone. So telling stories of artist who courageously fought against hitlers proclamations and tells the story of other more cowardly artist and then tell stories of the nazi art confiscation and those who sole confiscated art and we are fortunate to hear a few of these stories. So the
Not long ago were not far away. Smith that deliberate destruction because of the story of the foundations of the peoples culture of places of worship and then use snap their spirits you undermined their ability to fight or identify as a people we have seen that with the last two years with iraq and syria with the Islamic State this destroying mosques and shrines in ancient sites and they saw what they saw cherished destroyed and assumed they would be the next victims so the strategy for the Islamic State resulted in a huge wave of refugees. Exploring the many ways which for hitler was a key strategy hitler wanted to control not only what they thought but what the german saw and limit creativity to aryans alone. So telling stories of artist who courageously fought against hitlers proclamations and tells the story of other more cowardly artist and then tell stories of the nazi art confiscation and those who sole confiscated art and we are fortunate to hear a few of these stories. So the
Program and engagement at the museum of jewish heritage a living memorial for the holocaust. I want to welcome you to tonights event which inaugurates our art crimes and restoration series. As most of you know the nazis fomented the most extensive art fest in history from jews and others as part of the project to eliminate all vestiges of jewish culture and identity. On 10 occasions this museum had the honor of hosting restitution ceremonies where paintings or other artifacts were stolen by the nazis in their collaborators have been returned to the rightful owner. Thank you. [applause] some of you are with us last year we had the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york here and we presented sylvie awith a memoir that was stolen by the nazis it was a very moving event and we are proud to build on that with the series. We hope youll join us for the next event in the series. That will be recovering nazis looted art featuring lawrence k and howard stigler. Two lawyers
Be holocaust era insurance claims. What to do that went out. Difficult topic in many ways but i am glad we are having that hearing. Senator feinstein, i really i want to opening statement, i will defer to you. Percival thank you mr. Chairman. For holding this hearing. Today we are discussing holocaust era insurance claims. Its interesting before and during the second world war, many europeans purchased insurance policies to protect their assets and loved ones. While many of these individuals perished as victims of the holocaust, those who survived and the heirs of those who did not have sent attempted to collect the proceeds from those policies. However, beneficiaries have found it difficult to collect on these policies. Because the paperwork had often been left behind or destroyed during the genocide. To remedy this and justice, american insurance regulators, european Insurance Companies, the state of israel, and jewish and survivor organizations in 1998, established by check. It is i
Todays hearing is going to be holocaust era insurance claims. What to do that went out. Difficult topic in many ways but i am glad we are having that hearing. Senator feinstein, i really i want to opening statement, i will defer to you. Percival thank you mr. Chairman. For holding this hearing. Today we are discussing holocaust era insurance claims. Its interesting before and during the second world war, many europeans purchased insurance policies to protect their assets and loved ones. While many of these individuals perished as victims of the holocaust, those who survived and the heirs of those who did not have sent attempted to collect the proceeds from those policies. However, beneficiaries have found it difficult to collect on these policies. Because the paperwork had often been left behind or destroyed during the genocide. To remedy this and justice, american insurance regulators, european Insurance Companies, the state of israel, and jewish and survivor organizations in 1998, es