Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A German museum curator is personally returning art looted by the Nazis to the descendants of Holocaust victims

Matthias Weniger expects to finish returning 111 silver objects from the Bavarian National Museum in Munich to Jewish families by the end of the year. (JTA) — For descendants of Jews persecuted by the ...
U.S. News & World Report

Absorb European culture at the Bavarian National Museum

The Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) is one of Germany’s largest museums and one of Europe’s largest art and cultural history museums. Founded in 1855 by King Maximilian II, it ...
Cineuropa

MUSEUMS OF EUROPE: THE BAVARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

As part of the TV series "Musei d'Europa" ("Museums of Europe") this documentary portrays the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Only a few steps off the English Garden, situated on the boulevard of ...
WTEN

German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MUNICH (AP) — Matthias Weniger put on a pair ...
The New York Times

Not Picassos, but Still Precious: Museums Return Silver Lost to the Nazis

Some German institutions have begun to give back cups, candlesticks, teapots and other items of crafted silver that Jews were forced to surrender during the reign of the Third Reich. By Milton Esterow ...