Videocrux - Countless items from Hitler's time at the exhibition

#Videocrux - Countless items from Hitler's time at the exhibition Berlin museum reassembles Nazi's art looting
Sixty years after the end of the war, looting and restitution of Jewish cultural artifacts is still a topic of controversy. An exhibition in Berlin's Jewish museum tells the story of looting carried out by the Nazis throughout Europe and what happened to the spoils.
Countless items from Hitler's time at the exhibition
During their twelve years in power, the Nazis employed a system of mass looting across Europe.The exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin is displaying some of the countless items plundered under Hitler's leadership. Case studies reveal how they fell into the hands of disreputable collectors. Photographs and documents from the time illustrate the stories of both the victims and the profiteers.
Exhibitors used case studies to demonstrate the events
Inka Bertz, Exhibition Commissioner, "This exhibition works slightly in reverse. We don't have a mass of items that we analyse like historians, but instead we look at the history of art theft during Nazism, and use fifteen case studies to demonstrate the feel and the facets of these historical events."
Collections from prominent Jewish families exhibitied
The exhibition contains artworks, personal items and cultural artifacts. There are also art collections from prominent Jewish families such as the Rothschilds and the Goudstikkers.
Multimedia effects also set up in the exhibition
Inka Bertz, Exhibition Commissioner, "There are multimedia elements in the exhibition, particularly in the form of interviews and footage from the time. But there is also a video installation featuring the major players - lawyers, art dealers, researchers, historians, people representing the heirs. It lets us show the principal arguments of the debate." Visitors learn about the difficult task of reuniting stolen items with their rightful owners. And with around a hundred-thousand items seized by the Nazis still unaccounted for, it's a story that's far from over.

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