The heirs of Kurt Grawi, a Jewish investment banker who was forced to flee Berlin under the Nazis, are growing impatient with Düsseldorf over their claim for a 1913 painting of foxes by Franz Marc that hangs in the city’s Museum Kunstpalast. Grawi assembled a small art collection, most of which he was forced to […]
Albert Einstein’s Escape From Nazi Germany at Merseyside Maritime Museum Exhibition
LIVERPOOL.- Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany have been discovered and will go on show for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Einstein, one of the most prominent figures of the la…
Albert Einstein’s Immigration Papers on Show for Very First Time at Merseyside Maritime Museum
LIVERPOOL.- Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany have been discovered and will go on show for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Einstein, one of the most prominent figures of the la…
The Hackney Hoard: Coroner to Rule on Unique and Historic Treasure Case Found in Garden
LONDON.- On 18 April 2011 the Coroner for Inner North London resumed an inquest in relation to a hoard of American gold dollars found in Hackney in 2007. The hoard consists of 80 coins which were minted in the United States between 1854 and 1913. They …
The Hackney Hoard: Coroner to Rule on Unique and Historic Treasure Case Found in Garden
LONDON.- On 18 April 2011 the Coroner for Inner North London resumed an inquest in relation to a hoard of American gold dollars found in Hackney in 2007. The hoard consists of 80 coins which were minted in the United States between 1854 and 1913. They …
Auschwitz Decays Due to Age and Mass Tourism, Prompting Preservation Effort
OSWIECIM (AP).- The red brick barracks that housed starving inmates are sinking into ruin. Time has warped victims’ leather shoes into strange shapes. Hair sheared to make cloth is slowly turning to dust. Auschwitz is crumbling — the world’s most…
Auschwitz Decays Due to Age and Mass Tourism, Prompting Preservation Effort
OSWIECIM (AP).- The red brick barracks that housed starving inmates are sinking into ruin. Time has warped victims’ leather shoes into strange shapes. Hair sheared to make cloth is slowly turning to dust. Auschwitz is crumbling — the world’s most…
Germany Announced It will Give $80 Million in the Next Year to Fix Auschwitz Memorial
WARSAW, POLAND (AP).- Germany pledged Wednesday to pay euro60 million ($80 million) over the next year into a fund for Auschwitz-Birkenau to preserve the barracks, gas chambers and other evidence of Nazi crimes at the former death camp, some of which a…
First Large-Scale U.S. Exhibition of Helmut Newton’s Work to Premiere at the Museum of Fine Arts
HOUSTON, TX.- The first large-scale U.S. exhibition of Helmut Newton´s work premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes encompasses the entire contents of his first three groundbre…
Germany Announced It will Give $80 Million in the Next Year to Fix Auschwitz Memorial
WARSAW, POLAND (AP).- Germany pledged Wednesday to pay euro60 million ($80 million) over the next year into a fund for Auschwitz-Birkenau to preserve the barracks, gas chambers and other evidence of Nazi crimes at the former death camp, some of which a…