VIENNA: By order of 18 November 2010 the body established by the Federal Minister for Education, Arts and Culture Claudia Schmied was chaired by BM aD Dr. Nikolaus Michalek to the conclusion that with respect to the works that are currently in the inventory of the Leopold Museum -. Located private foundation and its owner was until 1939 Fritz Grünbaum, the elements of § 1 paragraph 1 Art Restitution Act would also not be met if the images Fritz Grünbaum would be in federal ownership. This decision was taken on the basis of the dossiers to Fritz Grünbaum, created by Mag Dr. Sonja … [Read more...]

VIENNA: 11.02.2011 | 18:42 | By Bernhard Odehnal (The Press) Ten years after the beginning of the restitution process, the former Sanatorium Fürth, Vienna-Josefstadt, at last a new owner. But the Republic faces new lawsuits. Now that everything is over, the participants are noticeably easier. "Ten years of work, a lot of excitement, a lot of correspondence, many encounters with pretty crazy people," says Alfred Strasser. His cousin Marietta Pritchard is glad to leave "this whole mess" behind. Most of all she regrets "that my mother could not see the end of this grueling negotiations". "Ten … [Read more...]