Tag: Vienna Philharmonic
Senate to Vote on Holocaust Restitution as Vienna Philharmonic Returns Looted Painting
The law allows the heirs six years to sue in US court from the day they become aware of the existence and location of the looted object.
Sour Sound of Music: Vienna Philharmonic’s Nazi Past
The Vienna Philharmonic had low level Nazi Party members, but also officials with the SS, one of whom turned over more than a dozen orchestra members, at least five of whom perished in Nazi concentration camps. After the war, that Nazi official become the orchestra's executive director.