Resources for the study of World War II (European Theatre)
Map of Europe and political alliances 1939
Holocaust (noun)
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BBC News
November 3, 2013 Famous Masterpieces formerly owned by Jews prior to WWII, which were found in a Munich apartment owned by the son of famous art dealer with ties to the Nazis. Who does the art belong to now? Should Jewish descendants be able to claim ownership of the art their ancestors owned? What evidence and documentation will they be required to produce? |
“Summer came.
For the book thief, everything was going nicely.
For me, the sky was the color of Jews.
When their bodies had finished scouring for gaps in the door, their souls rose up. When their fingernails had scratched at the wood and in some cases were nailed into it by the sheer force of desperation, their spirits came toward me, into my arms, and we climbed out of those shower facilities, onto the roof and up, into eternity's certain breadth. They just kept feeding me. Minute after minute. Shower after shower.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief