Loot back in anger

11th September 2009

Poland’s Foreign Ministry is to resume efforts to regain works of art seized by the Soviet Union after the Second World War, says a report in this week’s daily Dziennik.


According to the paper, Polish diplomats believe that following last week’s visit to Sopot by the Russian premier Vladimir Putin to commemorate the outbreak of WWII, a visit seen by many as a sign of improving relations between Russia and Poland, it will be easier to get back paintings and sculptures taken by the Red Army.

The Foreign Ministry plans to appeal to the Kremlin to return nine paintings which belonged to the City Museum of Gdansk, including masterpieces by Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder and th ...