German Museum Shows Nazi-Looted Painting Back-to-Front (Q83487972)
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German Museum Shows Nazi-Looted Painting Back-to-Front (English)
Henri Neuendorf
24 October 2014
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Visitors to Germany’s Wiesbaden Museum on Monday were surprised to find a painting hanging back-to-front. According to HR, the unusual sight is part of a campaign to buy the Nazi-looted artwork from the heir of its last legal owner. In Nazi Germany, Wiesbaden Museum was a collection point for looted art.Hans von Marées’ Die Labung (1879/80) had belonged to the Jewish industrialist Max Silberberg of Breslau, who was forced to sell the artwork in 1934, under pressure from the Nazis. Silberberg and his wife were both murdered in Auschwitz.Museum director Alexander Klar hopes that the museum can collect €93,000 in donations to contribute one third of the cost towards the purchase of the artwork. The cultural foundation of the state Hessen and the Freunde des Museums Wiesbaden (Association of Benefactors of Wiesbaden Museum) have agreed to contribute the remaining funds. (English)