Inicio 5 Event 5 Seminar 'Nazi Despoilment and the Return of Cultural Property'.

Seminar 'Nazi Despoilment and the Return of Cultural Property'.

Details

  • Start: 14 February 2017
  • End: 15 February 2017

The Fundación Tres Culturas participates with the University Pablo de Olavide of Seville and the research group Ruins, Despoilment and Heritage Interventions in the organisation of the Seminar Nazi despoilment and the return of cultural property. The event will take place on 14 February at the Pablo de Olavide University.

The seminar will examine in depth the different solutions that governments have been providing with regard to the restitution or compensation of property illegally seized during the Nazi era. The aim of the seminar is to promote awareness and knowledge of the Holocaust in schools and universities as a necessary element to maintain the memory of and respect for the victims.

The session will be attended by:

  • Colette Avital. Israeli Diplomacy and Politics. Chaired the Commission of Inquiry for the identification and return of property to Holocaust victims in Israel.
  • Therese O'donnell. Professor at the University of Strathclyde. Specialist in Holocaust and devolution of property.
  • Miguel Martorell. Professor of Political and Social History in the Department of Social History at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the UNED. He was a member of the Governmental Commission of Inquiry into the heritage plundered by the Nazis.

The event will take place in building 7 of the Faculty of Law of the Pablo de Olavide University.

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