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Comments on looted art issues

Maddy and Me

I was really excited to meet Madeleine Albright at the Prague Conference. I don’t usually get star struck, especially since I live in London and see famous people all the time. Heck, even our DOG walks with dogs of famous actors and fashion designers. As a puppy, he met Margaret Thatcher who told me [...]

Views on the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets

 
“The Nazis stole not only the wealth from the wealthy, but the poverty from the poor”
- Elie Wiesel at the opening ceremony at the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets
 
There was a lot of pomp and circumstance at the Prague Conference. Plenty of important dignitaries made grand statements, and the internal politicking and rivalries among [...]

Apprehension about visiting Terezinstat

I’m putting the finishing touches on my presentation for the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. It promises to be a very exciting event and I hope that we will make more progress towards helping families who were victims of the Holocaust.
I’m apprehensive about signing the final declaration in Terezin. This is the site of [...]

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