The Greek press is reporting that INTERPOL will be working with Greek authorities to recover some 100 objects removed during the occupation of Greece in WW2 ("Ministry to work with Interpol to trace artifacts", Ekathimerini.com July 12, 2014).
This news comes in the wake of the news that over 10,000 objects have been returned to Greece from Germany. They had been excavated in Thessaly in 1941.
One of the first posts on LM was on this very topic and the Greek authorities may like to start in Hannover.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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