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80. výročí konce druhé světové války: Co se stalo se zabaveným židovským majetkem?
80. The anniversary of the end of World War II: What happened to confiscated Jewish property?
Event by: Kultura v Městské knihovně v Praze
Location: Mariánské nám. 98/1, Mariánské náměstí 1, Praha 1
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Art historian Lucie Němečková and Judaist Jiří Blažek explain how systematic seizure of Jewish property worked during the 2nd World War. How was it determined which works of art are of the highest value, and how it has been done that some paintings or graphics were protected from the Nazis. How are researchers search for confiscated artistic subjects nowadays?
Listen to the stories of important Jewish entrepreneurs who had art collections in pre -war Czechoslovakia. One of them was Richard Morawetz, a personal friend of the Čapek brothers and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. This man owned a factory for processing Jute in Úpice and Světlá nad Sázavou chateau and lived in the center of Prague. In the collection of Richard Morawetz was Rembrandt's painting or painting Lucas Cranacha.
Lecturer:
Jiří Blažek studied Judaistics at Charles University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since 2008 he has been working as a translator, editor and publisher of Jewish religious literature, and as a guide and lecturer in the Jewish Museum in Prague. Since 2023, the Center for Documentation of Property General Transfers of Cultural Farms of victims II has been working as a researcher. World War II, o.p.s. She worked as an art historian in Lobkowicz collections, as well as in the collection of the Old Art of the National Gallery in Prague. Since 2021 he has been working as a professional worker of the Center for Documentation of Property Transfers of Cultural Farms of Victims II. World War II, o. p.
Listen to the stories of important Jewish entrepreneurs who had art collections in pre -war Czechoslovakia. One of them was Richard Morawetz, a personal friend of the Čapek brothers and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. This man owned a factory for processing Jute in Úpice and Světlá nad Sázavou chateau and lived in the center of Prague. In the collection of Richard Morawetz was Rembrandt's painting or painting Lucas Cranacha.
Lecturer:
Jiří Blažek studied Judaistics at Charles University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since 2008 he has been working as a translator, editor and publisher of Jewish religious literature, and as a guide and lecturer in the Jewish Museum in Prague. Since 2023, the Center for Documentation of Property General Transfers of Cultural Farms of victims II has been working as a researcher. World War II, o.p.s. She worked as an art historian in Lobkowicz collections, as well as in the collection of the Old Art of the National Gallery in Prague. Since 2021 he has been working as a professional worker of the Center for Documentation of Property Transfers of Cultural Farms of Victims II. World War II, o. p.