Monday, 17 February 2014

Jewish Member of the "Monuments Men" Accepts Award in his German Hometown

FSWC Reports:

From AFP via ynetnews.com:

A Jewish member of the "Monuments Men," a team of experts who rescued Nazi-looted artworks during World War II, accepted a medal from his German hometown at the weekend, media reported on Sunday. 

Harry Ettlinger, 88, who had already attended a red-carpet screening of George Clooney's new "The Monuments Men" movie about the group at the Berlin film festival last week, received the so-called Staufer Medal at an art museum in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany.

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