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Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons Dated Wednesday 11 June 2008 for the Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in Respect of Pieces of Porcelain Now in the Possession of the British Museum, London and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Great Britain. Spoliation Advisory PanelSir David Hirst

出版	Stationery Office, 2008
主題	Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
ISBN	01029554099780102955408
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XHDXtgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This report deals with a claim by Mrs Bertha L. Gutmann of Caldwell, New Jersey, the niece and sole heir of Heinrich Rothberger concerning two pieces of porcelain which, it was asserted, were seized from him in Vienna in 1938 by the Gestapo. The pieces now reside in the British Museum, London and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Having examined evidence provided by the claimant and the Museums, the Panel concludes that the pieces were obtained legally by the museums. The Panel then has to give due weight to the moral strength of the claimant's case. It concludes that in both cases the claimant has a strong moral right to the items. Restitution of the British Museum piece is debarred by section 5 of the British Museum Act 1963, so the Panel recommends, as agreed by the parties, that the government makes an ex gratia payment of £18,000 and that the British Museum acknowledges the history of the piece whenever it is published or exhibited. The Panel recommends that the Fitzwilliam piece should be returned to the claimant.