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should treasures grabbed by european colonisers be returned to their countries of origin? well, my guest is the director of the humboldt forum, hartmut dorgerloh. is germany right now the leader in the restitution movement? hartmut dorgerloh, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it s a great pleasure to be in this amazing museum. i think it s fair to say this is perhaps the most ambitious cultural project launched since the unification of germany. what is the. the motivating idea behind it? yes, it s the most prominent cultural project since the reunification in germany, and it is a debate also about the new heart of the new capital of reunified germany. so it was in the beginning more a discussion about the architecture, about urban development, what to do with the site where originally, for centuries, the main residence of the hohenzollern monarchy. a prussian palace was here. yes, a prussian palace. and after the second world war, when it was torn down, heavily damaged in the ....
to their countries of origin? well, my guest is the director of the humboldt forum, hartmut dorgerloh. is germany right now the leader in the restitution movement? hartmut dorgerloh, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it s a great pleasure to be in this amazing museum. i think it s fair to say this is perhaps the most ambitious cultural project launched since the unification of germany. what is the. the motivating idea behind it? yes, it s the most prominent cultural project since the reunification in germany, and it is a debate also about the new heart of the new capital of reunified germany. so it was in the beginning more a discussion about the architecture, about urban development, what to do with the site where originally, for centuries, the main residence of the hohenzollern monarchy. a prussian palace was here. yes, a prussian palace. and after the second world war, when it was torn down, heavily damaged in the war by the communist regime, it was replaced in the 19705 b ....
About this collection and many like it in the great museums of the world? first of all, i would like to say i m speaking here as the general director of the humboldt forum. we are hosting, we are housing, two museums here in our building that is the ethnological museum and the museum of asian art. but, legally, they belong to another institution the state museums in berlin. but you, if i may say so, are the hugely influential custodian. yes. ..of this collection. 0ur institution is in charge for bringing all these different aspects together, and there are two more partners, two other partners the humboldt university and the city museum as well. so it is a little bit like a shared apartment with different partners, but the main partner, that s true, of the two museums with these incredible huge collections. and they ve been exhibited for many decades in another ....
Institution to recognise in the 21st century there is something deeply troubling about this collection and many like it in the great museums of the world? first of all, i would like to say i m speaking here as the general director of the humboldt forum. we are hosting, we are housing, two museums here in our building that is the ethnological museum and the museum of asian art. but, legally, they belong to another institution the state museums in berlin. but you, if i may say so, are the hugely influential custodian. yes. ..of this collection. 0ur institution is in charge for bringing all these different aspects together, and there are two more partners, two other partners the humboldt university and the city museum as well. so it is a little bit like a shared apartment with different partners, but the main partner, that s true, of the two museums with these incredible huge collections. ....