FILE PHOTO: World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder speaks during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in front of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, in Warsaw, Poland April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is shirking its responsibility for the Holocaust by dragging its heels on returning art confiscated by the Nazis, and failing to crack down on resurgent anti-Semitism, the head of the World Jewish Congress said on Sunday.
Ronald Lauder told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that other countries, including Britain, the United States and Austria had a far better record in documenting art in their collections that had been confiscated by the Nazi regime and returning any looted pieces to their rightful owners.
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