France and Israel are close to an agreement on the permanent loan of 14 major artworks whose owners apparently died in the Holocaust. The French were unable to track down the heirs of the original Jewish owners of the works, said a senior Israeli official who helped negotiate the deal, so the works will be displayed in Israeli museums.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
