Colin Moynihan, The New York Times; Kandinsky Painting Returned to Jewish Heirs by Amsterdam Museum
Dutch officials, citing their “moral duty,” gave over the work which had been held by the Stedelijk Museum since 1940.
"“As a city, we bear a great responsibility for dealing with the indescribable suffering and injustice inflicted on the Jewish population in the Second World War,” Touria Meliani, a deputy mayor, said in the statement. “To the extent that anything can be restored, we as a society have a moral duty to act accordingly.”
The issue of whether to return the work had become part of a broader debate over how Dutch authorities should evaluate restitution requests."
