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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Bern

Carl Lutz, who worked as vice consul for Switzerland in Budapest during the years of World War II and is credited with having a hand in saving about 86,000 Jews from the Nazis, January 1, 1944/ (CC BY-SA 3.0 FORTEPAN/ARCHIV FÜR ZEITGESCHICHTE ETH ZÜRICH/AGNES HIRSCHI/Wikipedia)
February 15, 2018, 8:54 pm
‘Swiss Oskar Schindler’ who saved tens of thousands of Jews in WWII honored
Room in federal palace in Bern where policy decisions are made named after diplomat Carl Lutz
By JTA
The sculpture 'Kauernde' (lit. 'Cowering') by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is on display during a press talk on the preparations of an exhibition of exemplary works from the art collection of Cornelius Gurlitt discovered in 2012, in November in Bonn, Germany, Tuesday June, 27, 2017. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
July 8, 2017, 8:23 am
First works from Nazi-era art hoard arrive at Bern museum
The collection was left by Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of an art dealer tasked by the Nazis with selling art stolen from Jews
By AFP
Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum) in Bern, May 8, 2014. (AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
June 7, 2017, 12:01 pm
Swiss museum that inherited Gurlitt trove selling properties
Kunstmuseum Bern working to restore any Nazi-looted items to Jewish heirs, seeking to raise cash to cover cost of maintaining collection
By AP and ToI Staff
Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum) in Bern, May 8, 2014. (AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
December 15, 2016, 1:54 pm
Court okays Swiss museum to inherit Nazi-era art hoard
Ruling clears way for collection of works confiscated from Jews and found in home of recluse Cornelius Gurlitt to move to Bern, after cousin attempted to stop transfer
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a Muslim woman adjusting her hijab. (AP/M. Spencer Green, File)
October 24, 2016, 4:51 am
Swiss firm fired for firing Muslim with headscarf
Company ordered to compensate staffer who was dismissed after she began covering her hair
By AFP
The Friday prayer led by a woman at the House of Religions in Bern on May 27, 2016. (MEMRI/Facebook)
June 4, 2016, 9:09 pm
Woman leads Friday prayers in Swiss mosque, sparks uproar
Outcry among Muslim social media users after photos posted online show liberal activist leading service at House of Religions in Bern
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A combination of photos released by prosecutors in Augsburg, Germany on November 12, 2013 show five of the more than 1,500 paintings believed looted by the Nazis, seized from a Munich flat of Cornelius Gurlitt. (Lostart.de/Augsburg prosecutors/ AFP/File)
April 4, 2016, 10:32 pm
Swiss, German museums to show Nazi-era art hoard
Vast collection belonged to Cornelius Gurlitt, whose father was tasked by Hitler to help plunder great works from Jewish collectors
By AFP
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