Segnaliamo un articolo di William D. Cohan dal titolo Five Countries Slow to Address Nazi-Looted Art, U.S. Expert Says apparso il 26 novembre su "The New York Times". Riguarda il fatto che l'Italia, insieme ad altri quattro Stati (Polonia, Ungheria, Russia, e Spagna), non ha ottemperato le direttive contenute nei Washington Principles (1998) che impegnavano le nazioni firmatarie a mettere in atto tutti gli sforzi necessari per restituire le opere d'arte rubate o requisite dai nazisti durante la II guerra mondiale. Né hanno trovato seguito le raccomandazioni della Commissione Anselmi (http:presidenza.governo.itDICA7ARCHIVIOSTORICObeniebraiciindex.html). La denuncia è venuta da Stuart E. Eizenstat, inviato speciale del Dipartimento di Stato statunitense, in occasione di un convegno tenutosi a Berlino a vent'anni dall'approvazione dei Washington Principles. Ecco il passo sull'Italia: "Mr. Eizenstat said Italy, too, started off well enough publishing a catalog of art treasures lost during the war, including those that once belonged to Holocaust victims. And Mr. Eizenstat noted that, in 2001, the Italian government created the Anselmi Commission, which made recommendations about how Italy could comply with the principles. "But their recommendations have been largely ignored," he said. "Unfortunately there has been no provenance research or listing of possible Nazi-looted art in their public museums by the Italian government." He said Italy seems only to care about "what the Italian government lost" and said Italy's cities and regions, where much of the country's art collection is maintained, "have ignored" the Washington Principles. Representatives from the five countries did not respond Monday to requests for comment or could not be reached". Per leggere l'intero articolo: https:www.nytimes.com20181126artsdesignfive-countries-slow-to-address-nazi-looted-art-us-expert-says.html?rrefcollection2Fsectioncollection2FdesignactionclickcontentCollectiondesignionstreammodulestreamunitversionlatestcontentPlacement1pgtypesectionfront