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In reply to the discussion: Nazi Victim’s Family Told to Return Artifact [View all]Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)19. I agree. It should be returned to Assyria immediately.
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I agree: it belongs in Iraq from where it was origionaly looted .... I mean 'collected'.
marble falls
Jun 2012
#11
I'm not claiming to be Walt Whitman, but I reserve the right to contradict myself from time to time.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2012
#50
So is saying, as that poster was saying that "it's property theft and that's all that matters".
Ken Burch
Jun 2012
#53
And if they'd asked the Flamenbaums politely and respecfully, with an acknowledgment
Ken Burch
Jun 2012
#68
The bad behavior was the Ottomans stealing the damn thing from the Assyrians in the first place.
Ken Burch
Jun 2012
#73
"my family was put into camps, starved & murdered... and all I got was this lousy gold tablet"
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2012
#3
According to the article, the artifact was found in Iraq. Wasn't it stealing for the Germans
1monster
Jun 2012
#6
How they knew is immaterial. What is material is if the item was stolen from the museam then it
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#9
If I were the family, I'd pull a PR stunt that would probably get them in the good graces of
zbdent
Jun 2012
#10
Why does the first world get to decide who is stable enough to return mational treasures or have ...
marble falls
Jun 2012
#29
Very well put, thank you for such a well written post! now for my 2 cents in response to subject.
AmericanGI
Jun 2012
#58
I agree that the issue of his being a Holocaust survivor is irrelevant to the case.
Prometheus Bound
Jun 2012
#90