Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Holocaust painting returned

But the Iranian President: denies Holocaust!! Islandpacket: Maria Altmann fondly remembers her family's five precious Gustav Klimt paintings - as well as the bitter series of events that took them away.As a newlywed in Austria, Altmann was forced to watch as the Nazis seized power in 1938 and then stole the possessions of her wealthy Jewish family. She and her husband - who had been detained in the Dachau concentration camp - eventually escaped to safety in America."My husband was in the concentration camp and everything was taken - but material values at the time didn't matter one bit. It was only after that it did matter."Altmann, now 89, celebrated news Monday that an Austrian arbitration court had determined that the country is legally obligated to give her family back the paintings.The Klimt paintings have been estimated to be worth at least $150 million and are considered national treasures by Austria........
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