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University lecture to focus on Jewish art stolen during and after World War II

Wesley Fisher

Wesley A. Fisher will present “The Found Museum: Collections throughout the World of Unclaimed ‘Heirless’ Art Looted from Jews by the Nazis and their Allies” at 7 p.m. Wednesday (March 22) in the Mountainlair's Gluck Theatre.

Fisher is the director of research for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

He also heads the Claims Conference-WJRO Looted Art and Cultural Property Initiative which works with governments, museums, libraries, archives and other repositories of artworks and Judaica in cooperation with Jewish communities worldwide to encourage provenance research and claims processes.

The lecture is free and open to the public. 

Registration is required due to limited seating.

Plan to have your mobile confirmation ready to scan at the door the night of the event. 

Complimentary parking will be available after 6 p.m. on the upper floor of the Mountainlair garage.

Dutch Miller Auto Group is a sponsor of this event.