British actress Dame Helen Mirren has testified before a US Senate sub-committee in Washington about the slow pace of restitution of Jewish art looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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The Academy award winner’s evidence was based entirely on the research she did to play the role of a Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, who fought the Austrian Government in court to reclaim her family’s artwork, seized before World War II.
The Senate sub-committee is examining draft legislation to facilitate the return of art looted by the Nazis.
Dame Helen, in her evidence, told committee members the right thing to do was to return such art to its rightful owners.
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