by Vincent Noce
Guelph Treasure : reliquary from the Brunswick Cathedral in Braunschweig, Germany. © Berlin Museums, Museum of Decorative Arts / Jürgen Liepe
The unanimous decision was foreseeable after the reservations voiced at the December 7 hearing. In 1935, three Jewish Berlin antique dealers sold half of the Guelph Treasure, now in the Berlin Museum, to Goering for one-third its actual value. The heirs say it was a forced sale: anxious to flee Germany, the men were pressured into accepting a cut-rate price. Read more...
