UK Considers Law To make Returning Nazi-Looted Art Easier

The British parliament is considering a bill that would make the return of Nazi-looted art easier. “The country’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport has begun consultations on the proposed bill, which would be limited to items taken between 1933 and 1945. The legislation was inspired by a situation at the British Museum, which had wanted to return four Old Master drawings to the family of Czech lawyer Arthur Feldman. The museum is stopped from doing so by the British Museum Act, which prevents it from dispersing anything in its collection.”