dinsdag, juni 10, 2003
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government can keep millions of photographs taken by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, ending a 20-year dispute over their ownership.
The case began in 1983 when Billy Price of Houston, who collects Nazi memorabilia, joined the heirs of Hitler photographer and friend Heinrich Hoffman and filed suit to obtain the paintings and photos. They charged that the materials were illegally seized by the U.S. Army near the end of World War II.
U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. ruled May 30 that Price and the Hoffman heirs waited too long to reopen the case. He also ruled that the government could keep a photo archive of some 2.5 million photographs, some of which were used in the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
Bron: Washington Post.
The case began in 1983 when Billy Price of Houston, who collects Nazi memorabilia, joined the heirs of Hitler photographer and friend Heinrich Hoffman and filed suit to obtain the paintings and photos. They charged that the materials were illegally seized by the U.S. Army near the end of World War II.
U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. ruled May 30 that Price and the Hoffman heirs waited too long to reopen the case. He also ruled that the government could keep a photo archive of some 2.5 million photographs, some of which were used in the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
Bron: Washington Post.
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