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May 31, 1998
CONTENTS:
- Re:Three priceless paintings stolen in Rome (Clifford Scheiner)
- Re: Radio Frequency Identification (blchan@gis.net)
- Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle? (4
messages)
- BEYOND REPATRIATION: AN ANALYSIS OF ISSUES RELATED TO EQUITABLE
RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY (abstract of doctorate thesis by Boa
Rhee Seo, Doctor of Philosophy,with extensive CV)
- Stolen art works force museums to probe deeper
- Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle?
(P.Boylan@CITY.AC.UK)
- Re: Fire suppression (tcl@TELEPORT.COM)
- HB2182 killed for year: The Whistle-Blower legislation (this may
be somewhat enigmatic for new Museum Security Mailinglist
subscribers. If you want to read more about this matter do go to the
March 5 reports about the ASU Art Museum at
http://museum-security.org/02098.html )
- ShatterGard Security & Safety Window Films
- return of the looted treasures
From: cjscheiner@pol.net
Subject: Re:Three priceless paintings stolen in Rome
Dear Ton,
Is it possible that the stolen pictures in Rome were in fact fakes,
and were taken to cover up this fact? It seems a coincidence that so
strange a crime should occur at the same time as Von Gogh forgeries
are being identified so publically.
CLIFF
Subject: Re: Radio Frequency Identification (blchan@gis.net)
Museum Security Network wrote:
- Conference - Radio Frequency Identification (Museum Documentation
Association)
-For those of you using painting and statue alarms to notify
security of a theft in progress, Motorola software and paging
technology exists that will generate an alphanumeric page
automatically. Tied in with the monitoring equipment, a paging
server can throughput an alarm to alpha pager notifying personnel of
the artwork being moved and its location.
If you are interested in learning more about this technology, please
contact me, Lynn Chandler, at the Radio North Group based in Boston,
MA and Burlington, VT, USA at 781/982-2458.
With the thefts I see on this page I often wonder if wider use or
awareness of this kind of technology could prevent some of these
thefts from occuring and save untold millions for the institutions
housing them.
From: reedjm reedjm@IFSTAFPP.OKSTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle?
Ms. Endzweig,
The archives where I work is located within the framework of the
International Fire Service Training Association, an organization
which writes manuals and other training materials for the fire
service and other public safety organizations. Among the many codes
and regulations that we house in our library is a set from the
National Fire Protection Association called the National Fire Code.
These codes are used by states throughout the U.S. as a standard to
build their own laws and regulations on; in addition the Federal
Emergency Management Association (FEMA) uses these codes as their
guidelines. Anyway, within the NFPA codes their are at least two
codes pertaining to museums and archives. These are NFPA 911
Recommended Practice for the Protection of Museums and Museum
Collections and NFPA 232AM Manual for Fire Protection for Archives
and Records Centers. These codes were written in consultation with
people from the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg, the
National Archives and Records Administration, etc. They should be
helpful. In addition to these codes, here at Oklahoma State
University we have a Fire Protection and Safety Technology program.
One of the professors in this program, Mr. Pat Brock, has given a
lecture to the Oklahoma Conservation Congress on installing sprinkler
systems in historic houses and museums. Mr. Brock consults museums on
installing sprinkler systems. You can contact him for more
information at: brock@master.ceat.okstate.edu or (405) 744-5721
I hope this can help you. Joseph M. Reed Fire Protection Publications
Archives Oklahoma State University
From: "Nicholson, Claudia" claudia.nicholson@MNHS.ORG
Subject: Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle?
Pam Endzweig wrote: Now we are considering whether it would be
wise to install a sprinkler system if and when we add on.
Sprinkle. No question. There have been enough fires in
non-sprinklered museum buildings to leave no doubt but that they are
the wise thing to install. If you have any doubts at all, contact Jim
Secfik, director of the Louisiana State Museum (Cabildo fire in ??) or
Brad Larson, director of the Oshkosh Public Museum (museum fire in
1994). I am sure that either one of them will give you an earful.
Claudia Nicholson
Curator
Museum Collections Department
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Tel: 612-297-7442
FAX: 612-297-2967
e-mail: claudia.nicholson@mnhs.org
From: Roger Wulff museplan@EROLS.COM
Organization: Museum Services International
Subject: Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle?
Dear Pam:
I agree with Ms. Nicholson. The cases where sprinklers have leaked or
discharged have been nil. One can not count on the local fire dept.
or one's own staff for suppression of fire in the museum. By the way,
have you ever seen what the water pressure in the fire hose will do to
the interior of a building?
Kind Regards
Roger Wulff
Executive Board - The International Committee On Museum Security
of The International Council of Museums
From: Friedrich Waidacher waidacher@TELECOM.AT
Subject: Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle?
Pam,
Here are some references (and may I ask you to kindly give my best
regards to Bertram Malle from your psychology department?):
Cannon-Brookes, P., "Security: 'Choose Wet or Burned Objects'", Museum
Management and Curatorship 12/1993: 325-326."
Forrest, R., "Fire and Safety in Museums", Museums in Britain, Spring
1994: 16-21."
Lein, H. L. (1982), ""Protecting museums from threat of fire"", in:
Knell, S. (ed.), Care of Collections. (Leicester Readers in Museum
Studies). London/New York, 1994:276-279.
Log, T. und P. Cannon-Brookes, "'Water Mist' for Fire Protection of
Historic Buildings and Museums"" Museum Management and Curatorship
14/3, 1995: 283-298.
Osborne, P., "Museum and Gallery Security", Study Series 4/1997, ICOM
International Committee for Museum Security (ICAMS) 1997: 13-17.
Wilson, J. A., "Sprinkler Systems", Study Series 4/1997, ICOM
International Committee for Museum Security (ICAMS) 1997: 22-24.
Greetings,
Fritz
BEYOND REPATRIATION:
AN ANALYSIS OF ISSUES RELATED TO EQUITABLE RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL
PROPERTY
Boa Rhee Seo, Doctor of Philosophy, 1997
Department of Art Education
Major Professor: Tom Anderson, Ph.D.
The main purpose of this study is to address the issue of the
repatriation of cultural property in the context of historical and
contemporary issues on the subject. Some funadamental concerns in the
dabate over cultural property are how do people define the term
"cultural property" in different culture, why do we need to repatriate
our cultural heritage?, who has the rightful ownership and/or
reaponsibility to preserve cultural properties of the past?, and what
values and criteria have been used in dispute settlement. As a
theoretical foundation, both cultural nationalism and cultural
internationalism through dichotomy were presented in order to
delineate values and arguments, by providing questions of values and
priorities for a reasonable and workable paradigm for the issue. The
strategies used to address the issues of repatriation were
definitional test on the definition of cultural property through the
content analysis and case studies through review of precedent records
of repatriation. Content analysis reveals some obstacles for the
equitable settling of disputes because the definitions of cultural
property are neither consistent nor uniform in spite of being similar
in their purpose and content. Case studies also unveil some aspects
of the conflicts such as legal dimensions of domestic and
international remedy for the equitable settling of disputes. I conclud
that, despite the fact that most nations are actively trying to
protect their cultural heritage, it is clear that there are still no
absolute values, no uniform definition on cultural property and no
systematic principle in dealing with the issues of the repatriation of
cultural property. In my view, identifying the function, the nature
and significance of objects, the means of removal of cultural property
is an imperative strategy for resolving a dispute over title. The
study hopes to preserve the dignity of all parties involved, while
aiming at a just and fair outcome resultant of mutual respect as well
as to express the dynamic exchanges of views on repatriation, leading
to greater cooperation between nations through ensuring benefits to
all.
Dr. BOA RHEE SEO
e-mail: kenny5@ sidi.hongik.ac.kr
EDUCATION
Florida State University, Department of Art Education
Ph.D. Arts Administration, May 1993 - August 1997
Title of Dissertation: Beyond Repatriation: An Analysis of Issues
Related to Equatible Restitution of Cultural Property.
New York University, School of Health, Education, Nursing and Arts
Profession M.A. Visual Arts Administration, September 1990 - May 1991
*Transfered to Ph.D. Program at Florida State University
Graduate School of Sung Kyun Kwan University
M.A. Art History (G.P.A. 4.06), March 1988 - February 1990
Title of Thesis: A Study Applying to the Needs and Uses of
Information in the Fields of Art.
Sung Kyun Kwan University
B.A. Library Science, March 1983 - February 1987
G.P.A. 3.71 / 4.2 (3rd and 4th year), Deans' List last three
semesters. Top in class in Spring semester in 1986. Received
Sungkyun Honorable Scholarship, Fall semester 1985, Spring semester
1986, and Fall semester 1986. Acquired Librarian Certification from
The National Central Library, February 1987. Member of Korean
Librarian's Association.
EMPLOYMENT
1. Visiting and Assistant Professor, the Department of Arts,
Chung-Ang University (1998.3- )
2. Ajunct Professor, the Department of Arts, Hong-Ik University
(1998.3- )
3. Currently working for the Blue House in Korea concerning the
repatiriation of Korean Cultural Property with Ministry of Culture
and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997.12-)
4. United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Participant at the Symposium for Repatriation of Cultural Property
(28 July- 2 August, 1998)
5. William Hammond Mathers Museum at Indiana University Guest
Lecturer, Studies in Cultural Heritage, (24 November, 1997)
6. Currently working on the project and writing
Educational Researcher, Curriculum Development for Curatorship in
Korea
7. Indiana University Fine Art Museum, August, 1997- Consultant to
Korean Collections in the Indiana University Art Museum's
Educational Department. 1) Gallery installation 2) Teachers'
workshop 3) Resource packet and Gallery handout on Korean ceramics
4) Training for docent program 5) Noon Talk 6) Korean Art
Appreciation Class ("Cross-Cultural Examination of Korean Art"):
Cross-cultural examination on the Korean work of art in order to
delineate as well as in order to reconstruct values of Korean art by
providing a cross-cultural perspective with fuller spectrum of Korean
cultural history; quality (including style and shape) of object,
forming process, practical functions and social functions, aesthetic
appreciation and belief system. Also hopes to help students better
understanding as well as appreciation of Korean culture. Throughout
the course, Korean art will be chronologically addressed in the
context of historical, and socio-cultural issues on the subject. 7)
Studies in Cultural heritage (from Elementary to high School): The
studies in cultural heritage is a unique program which is aimed at
providing potential policy makers, consultants and heritage managers
with a practical and conceptual base. This subject offers an
overview of the notion of cultural significance, with particular
focus on the way in which significance is assessed in relation to the
preservation and protection of cultural heritage. This subject offers
a critical examination of issues related to the ownership of
intellectual property and the role of heritage in the construction of
identities.
8. Department of Art Education, Florida State University Research
Librarian to Mary E. Mooty Library Reorganizing the library,
including classifying materials and database input.
9. Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York, February-
May, 1991 Researcher for internship course at New York University 1)
Library Assignment: Assisted Dr. Reiko Tomii, Senior Research
Associate, in organizing the books donated by Scandinavian artists,
museums and galleries. 2) Brower Hatcher Exhibition: Assisted Peter
Joseph, Program Associate, in installing the exhibition. 3)
Database Input: Contributed to expand CICA's Database on
international contemporary arts.
10. Sojun Cultural Foundation: Sojun Art Museum and Art Research
Library, Seoul, S. Korea, April 1987 - June, 1991 Executive Director
at the Museum and Library 1) Establishing Sojun Art Museum and Art
Research Library ; Fund Raising, Collecting (Books, Theses and
Dissertations, Magazines, Periodicals, Collections, Pamphlets, Video
Tapes, Cassette Tapes, Slides, and Vertical Files --- Total Amount:
More than 30,000 items), Acquisition, Conservation, Budgeting,
Computerization, and Evaluation for Sojun art research library;
Designing the permanent and temporary exhibitions, and establishing
some educational programs such as lecture and seminar, gallery tour,
ceramic ware workshop, hands-on family program, and field trips for
school. 2) Received a Full Scholarship to study at New York
University from Sojun Cultural Foundation.
11. The Korean Broadcasting System, 1989 October - May 1990
A writer and an assistant program director 1) Producing a program "
TV Museum" for Educational program with the Program Director 2)
Planning the program schedule 3) Writing commentary on art history
4) Interviewing artists and critics 5) Editing program and
Monitoring the program
12. The Thomas J. Watson Library in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York Internship, December 1988 - February 1989 1) The Chief
Librarian's Office, regarding administration of art libraries and the
literature of art; 2) Acquisition ( book purchasing in the INNOVACQ
system ); 3) Cataloging Department (bibliographic searching in the
automated system, Research Libraries Information Network---RLIN); 4)
Periodical Room (serials records on-line in INNOVACQ) 5) Bindery/
Book Conservation; 6) Circulation Desk (Reference works).
13. Daewoo Industrial Co. Research Librarian, December 1986 - April
1987 14. The Library of Sung Kyun Kwan University Librarian
Internship, November - December, 1986
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Fluent in Korean, English, Japanese and
French, and knowledgeable on Chinese character.
Stolen art works force museums to probe deeper By Leah Eichler
TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Art collectors beware. You may not own
those cherished paintings you paid for so dearly.
That is the message being sent out to the art world in Canada after a
Montreal museum came under fire over a painting it had bought that
Hungary claims was stolen from it.
The dispute over alleged wartime art theft has brought the issue of
looted art and restitution to Canada's shores, but the focus is on the
lengths to which a museum now must go to investigate the origins of
works in its collection. Fear of being implicated in art theft has
forced museums to question just how hard they are supposed to look.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts claims it investigated the origins
of the painting, ``The Marriage Feast of Cana'' by 16th century
Italian painter Giorgio Vasari, to the best of its ability but it
says it was not in an ideal position to find that kind of information
from a former Iron Curtain country.
But Hungarian Embassy Press Attache Norbert Konkoly told Reuters:
``If the museum would have looked a little bit deeper into the
history of the painting, it would have turned out immediately that
Hungary is looking for it because it is listed as a war loss.''
The Montreal museum said it bought the painting in 1963 from a
private collector in Hungary who had a notarized proof of purchase
from a state-run Hungarian store in 1961.
``The Budapest Fine Arts Museum is claiming restitution based on the
whole slew of war-related restitution requests ... but this work is
not included in the process because it was purchased in 1961,''
Maurice Boucher, head of the museum's public relations department,
insisted.
EMBASSY SAYS PAINTING NOT LEGALLY REMOVED
The Hungarian Embassy said it was not possible that the Montreal
museum acquired the painting from a state-run store as it had been
declared a war loss since the Budapest Fine Arts Museum was bombed
during the Second World War.
The embassy said the painting could not have been legally removed
from the country at the time without the permission of proper
authorities such as the National Gallery of Hungary.
``As far as I know, they (the Montreal museum) did not have the
permission which would have enabled them to move this piece of art
from Hungary abroad.'' Konkoly said, suggesting that the work may have
been smuggled out of the country.
The Montreal museum in not alone when it comes to contested ownership
of art works.
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) was embroiled in a crisis over
the ownership of two paintings by Viennese artist Egon Schiele that
were on loan from the Leopold collection in Vienna when two people
claiming to be heirs sought to block the works from being returned
until ownership was resolved.
Rita Reif of New York and Henri Bondi of New Jersey claimed the
paintings were confiscated from their families by the Nazis. A court
ruled this month that MOMA could return the Schieles to Austria by
invoking a 30-year-old state law that protects the works from ``any
kind of seizure.'' But the saga may be far from over and District
Attorney Robert Morgenthau has already said he would appeal the
decision.
'SAFE HAVEN FOR STOLEN ART'
``It is bad public policy to exempt any state property from the reach
of the law ... we do not believe that New York State should be a safe
haven for stolen art,'' Morgenthau said.
The MOMA affair shows that the issue of looted art does not apply
only to purchases but to art works received as gifts or on loan,
forcing museums to turn away donations unless adequate documentation
is provided.
But even art with full documentation may be suspect. ``When you
receive a gift of a work of art someone tells you how they acquired
it, possibly providing you with a bill of sale, and you look at that
and what do you do next?'' asked Maxwell Anderson, director of The Art
Gallery of Ontario.
``Do you take it at face value? Do you say, 'Prove to me that bill of
sale is valid?' Some collectors may fully believe that what they are
holding in their hands is completely legitimate but that receipt may
have been doctored before they came along,'' Anderson said.
His Toronto gallery boasts that no claim has ever been made against
it in its 98-year history but admits it has returned works to other
institutions after investigating their origins.
Even after investigating a painting's history, the way in which art
was sold in the past does not lend itself to reliable documentation,
he said. ``It's a little different from making a normal purchase or
receiving a normal gift because a work of art is something that
inevitably passes through many hands. The extent to which
documentation exists is completely variable.''
The Montreal museum agrees, saying galleries are faced with the
near-impossible task of accounting for a painting's every owner.
``Especially with a painting that dates back to the 16th century, you
can never know exactly who owns it at every minute, even if you do the
most exhaustive research,'' it said.
Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited.
Re: Fire suppression - to sprinkle or not to sprinkle? (P.Boylan@CITY.AC.UK)
Pam Endzweig wrote: Now we are considering whether it would be
wise to install a sprinkler system if and when we add on.
It depends on your system. If you have a pressurised spray mist,
properly zone controlled, then even with high water sensitivity
sprinklers the (potentially very serious) water damage is almost
certain to be less than the fire/smoke damage even for the affected
area. Also, fine water mist spray is extremely effective at
suppressing smoke - both limiting the spread of this (and therefore
facilitating evacuation) and washing out of the smoke the inevitable
highly corrosive and poisonous products of combustion of modern
materials (plastics, synthetic fabrics, paints and coatings,
furnishings). All too many produce huge quantities of lethal
chemicals, not least cyanides: in the great majority of fires these
days those killed are dead from poisonous and suffocating smoke
inhalation tens of minutes before they suffer potentially lethal
burns.
I should have added that I am drawing a distinction between properly
controlled mist spray sprinkler systems and the Noah's Flood type of
"drench" systems so dramatically demonstrated all over the AAM's
Registration Hall on the first day of Los Angeles!
Patrick Boylan
From: "Jack C. Thompson" tcl@TELEPORT.COM
Subject: Re: Fire suppression (tcl@TELEPORT.COM)
As a conservator who has directed recovery operations from fire and
water incidents, and who has also had training in fire suppression and
has fought fires, I have some definite opinions about this question.
Wet systems with micromist sprinkler heads are my personal favorite.
Details are contained in my article, "Wet or Dry?", published in
_Focus on Security_, v. 5, No. 2, January, 1998.
In the same issue is an article by Per Cullhed, "The Linkoping
[Sweden] Library Fire.
Pam Endzweig tells us that the local fire station is only a block away
from the UO Museum of Natural History.
Briefly, here is what Per Cullhed has to say about the Linkoping
fire: The fire alarm sounded at 11:08 pm [there were 400 people in
the library at the time] the local fire brigade arrived at 11:11 pm
[3 minute response time - very good]; for the next 16 minutes the
fire brigade attempted to put the fire out and then they were ordered
to evacuate the building because the accumulation of smoke gases had
risen to the explosion level.
The explosion occured between 11:24 - 11:30 pm.
From that point on, the fire department concentrated on containing
the fire
to the library site where it continued to burn until the next day.
The same issue of _Focus on Security_ has an article by Nick Artim,
"The Central Sprinkler Company - Omega Fire Sprinkler Problem." In
that article, Artim reports "...an industry wide failure statistic of
approximately 1 sprinkler [failure] per 16,000,000 in-service units."
Not a bad record.
It is easier and cheaper to recover from water damage than from fire
damage; combined fire and water damage recovery costs come somewhere
between the two.
Jack C. Thompson
Thompson Conservation Lab.
7549 N. Fenwick
Portland, OR 97217
HB2182 killed for year: The Whistle-Blower legislation (this may be
somewhat enigmatic for new Museum Security Mailinglist subscribers.
If you want to read more about this matter do go to the March 5
reports about the ASU Art Museum at
http://museum-security.org/02098.html )
Date: Fri, 22 May 98 21:37:16 UT
From: "Paulla Garcia" pworld@classic.msn.com
To: 75322.2020@compuserve.com, beblu@juno.com, CPS@amug.org,
ellengarcia@juno.com, godlette1@juno.com, jana@azfamily.com,
jasoneunic@juno.com, jayl@dancris.com, JDBender97@aol.com,
tenney@primenet.com, tfeavel@earthlink.net
Subject: FW: HB2182 killed for year
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We fought a good fight and we will return next year. Many legislators
agreed to assist us over the summer and we have time to gather more
data for the next year, especially in reference to the state
whistleblowers. I will be contacting you in a month or so and asking
for assitance. Our job for the next 6-8 months will be to gather the
necessary data and educate the legislators. We have a lot of work to
do.
Thank you all for your help and many letters, calls, and e-mails to
the legislators and Governor's office. We brought the issue to light.
I have a list of state and university whistleblowers. If you are aware
of more, please have them contact me.
Pam Tenney, Game and Fish
Gary Trevino, Game and Fish
Sgt. David Meyer, DPS
Jan Schoonover, AHCCCS
Davis Goulet, Attorney General's Office
Tim Feavel, ASU
Dennis Howe, ASU
Jared Sakren, ASU
Dr. Lee, NAU
Dr. Amy Brown, UofA
Dr. Marguerte Kay
Paulla Garcia, CPS
There are many others. 58 cases have been before the State Personnel
Board. This is where wel will begin.
Paulla
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From: Carol Bernstein
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 9:16 PM
To: bernstein3@earthlink.net
Subject: HB2182 killed for year
Dear Colleagues,
I am sorry to report that I have been told that at midnight, last
night, a deal was struck between the Governor's Office, Attorney
General's Office, University Administration Representatives, Rep.
Marilyn Jarrett (the introducer of HB2182) and Rep. Jeff Groscost
(Speaker of the House) to kill HB2182. In the deal, the universities
would agree to have one more level of appeal beyond the internal
grievance procedure, an external hearing officer who has no
affiliation with the universities and is not a university graduate (of
Arizona public universities). By this deal, all the state agencies
would keep their loopholes in the state whistle-blower law. The
Attorney General's Office wanted this because they act to defend all
state agency administrators. That is, the state agency administrators,
the AG believes, are the true clients of the AG. By making the
universities behave better, the AG will be more free to protect state
agency heads.
They expect the university horror stories to die down, and make
whistle-blower issues less of a public scandal, so they can avoid
changes in the law. As I told Marty van der Werf of the Arizona
Republic, I believe protection for university whistle-blowers, on a
scale of 1 to 100, went from 5 to 35 by this deal.
What university employees are still lacking is a proper definition of
"reprisal." For instance, state agency employees have "diciplinary or
corrective actions" as possible reprisals, but university employees
can not call those adverse personnel actions reprisals (among other
limitations). Also, university employees can not have an attorney
represent them at internal university hearings, while state agency
employees do have this right at State Personnel Board hearings.
University employees are not entitled to have a de novo hearing in
superior court, while state agency employees do have that right. I
have just gotten back to Tucson, from Phoenix, and do not yet have all
the documents for a complete report. I will update this report, when
I get the fromal university agreement in written form faxed to me.
The AP wire service, AZ Daily Star, and the AZ Republic reporters are
all following the whistle-blower issue and interviewed me right after
the bill was killed. I think the interest in the issue will not die
down. I believe the Governor decided to have the bill killed, while
it was still before the very final votes in the legislature, so she
would not have the stigma of vetoing such a widely supported bill. I
spoke to her campaign manager, late last afternoon, about 5PM, and had
pointed out that the Governor should not veto this bill because it
would make her look bad. At midnight, this new deal was struck.
Thanks to all of you who lobbied so assiduously. We brought justice
from a 5 to a 35, by our lobbying. Senator Petersen said that he will
initiate studies, over the summer, to evaluate what is happening, and
is willing to introduce a new bill next session, if we want, and if
university employees and state employees are still suffering. Thanks,
thanks, thanks for everyone's efforts!!!!
Carol Bernstein
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 15:38:10 +0100
From: Heiner Roick hroick@dhh-3.de
Organization: TRIAS GmbH
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whole story of the "Kassel" - case and the return of the looted
treasures.
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