Gallery yet to decide fate of artworks donated by suspected Nazi collaborator

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Gallery yet to decide fate of artworks donated by suspected Nazi collaborator
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The problem of what to do with 141 valuable artworks bestowed on Wollongong Gallery by Bronius 'Bob' Sredersas is weighing on the minds of historians, art lovers and members of the Jewish community.

abc.net.au/news/wollongong-gallery-art-likely-nazi-collaborator-bob-sredersas/102172354The problem of what to do with 141 valuable artworks donated by a man suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II is weighing on the minds of some people in Wollongong.Wollongong Art Gallery is yet to decide what to do with over 140 artworks donated by Bronius "Bob" Sredersas

"So someone must have murdered and for that you need a living witness to testify he or she committed murder.More than 35,000 holocaust survivors made Australia their home up to the 1960s, with the vast majority settling in Sydney and Melbourne. "Our role really has been to provide the services of Konrad to help investigate these allegations and then, rather than just leaving that as an open investigation, to invite particularly school students to the Sydney Jewish Museum to learn more about this tragic chapter in European and also Australian history," he said.

Mr Samaras first raised concerns about the paintings when he noticed in documents that Sredersas's listed profession was policeman with the Lithuanian government's department of security.

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