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Merkel tells Putin Germany wants looted art returned | Reuters
An old Russian-German disagreement on Art looted by Soviet soldiers from German museums after WW2 resurfaced today. Merkel and Putin visited an exhibition in St. Petersburg, with some looted artefacts, like the treasure of Eberswalde, a collection of golden objects from the bronze age found near Berlin in 1913. The German position is that it should be returned to Germany to its former owners. The Russian position is that those artefacts are to be kept in Russia as compensation for the loss of cultural heritage suffered by Russia in WW2.
What do you think?
An old Russian-German disagreement on Art looted by Soviet soldiers from German museums after WW2 resurfaced today. Merkel and Putin visited an exhibition in St. Petersburg, with some looted artefacts, like the treasure of Eberswalde, a collection of golden objects from the bronze age found near Berlin in 1913. The German position is that it should be returned to Germany to its former owners. The Russian position is that those artefacts are to be kept in Russia as compensation for the loss of cultural heritage suffered by Russia in WW2.
What do you think?