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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7990956, member: 118780&quot;]Yes, I understood that. I was just making the point more general.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While in general I believe major artifacts like these need to be determined/negotiated on a case by case basis, I do worry about setting precedents in a society like today&#039;s - where there seems to be a universal rejection of the hypothesis that the answers to the most complicated questions are usually grey, and not black and white. For example, should Berlin return Nefertiti and the Ishtar Gate?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was being silly here, although another point could be made with some of the things my family took from Luxembourg (which, sadly, weren&#039;t coins...) I have letters, photos, and patents. My mother had a statue of Jesus, carved out of a stump - surprisingly beautifully done for an amateur. That&#039;s in my cousin&#039;s possession now since it has little place in a Jewish household. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Should those types of artifacts be returned? Most would say no, but that&#039;s only because my family wasn&#039;t famous...Imagine they&#039;d taken instead something from Charlemagne, who from a rather shaky family tree is supposedly my 36th great grandfather?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I agree there are cases when artifacts should be restored, but I do believe that in the vast majority of cases they should not. IMHO we should be more concerned about priceless artifacts of great importance to world history, that are now hidden away in vaults where no scientists or the general public have access.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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