Yugoslavia to Return Looted Works of Art to Croatia
November 7, 2000 - 0:0
ZAGREB Serbian Culture Minister Milan Komnenic said Friday that Yugoslavia would return works of art looted during the 1991-95 Serbo-Croatian conflict and kept in Yugoslav museums since, Croatian television reported.
According to an AFP report, a total of 7,966 different artistic objects are to be returned. Most of them come from Vukovar in eastern Croatia. They include a private collection of paintings and sculptures known as the Bauer Collection, registered in a photo documentation by the EU mission. Return of the objects was one of Croatia's conditions for the normalization of its relations with Yugoslavia. "In the winds of war and horrors in Vukovar ..., we luckily saved this collection (Bauer) and other works of art," Komnenic told HTV, adding that it would be returned "to the last piece."
According to an AFP report, a total of 7,966 different artistic objects are to be returned. Most of them come from Vukovar in eastern Croatia. They include a private collection of paintings and sculptures known as the Bauer Collection, registered in a photo documentation by the EU mission. Return of the objects was one of Croatia's conditions for the normalization of its relations with Yugoslavia. "In the winds of war and horrors in Vukovar ..., we luckily saved this collection (Bauer) and other works of art," Komnenic told HTV, adding that it would be returned "to the last piece."