Send us a textPlease visit the Moshe Rynecki website to view his work.To learn more about Elizabeth Rynecki's documentary and book about her journey, Chasing Portraits, please visit the Chasing Portrait's website.To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes: 2:50 Moshe Rynecki is likened to an ethnographer and documented similar scenes that Roman Vishniac photographed4:00 three surviving studies from Moshe’s time in the Warsaw Ghetto5:00 Yehudit Shendar from Yad Vashem8:00 Archives of Emanuel Ringelblum from the Warsaw Ghetto9:15 Moshe’s decision to stay in Warsaw Ghetto to be with his people13:30 Moshe hid 800 artworks;120 of the surviving artworks are with the Ryneckis15:08 Warsaw’s Jewish Historical Institute has 52 works15:14 Private collectors of Moshe’s work are in Canada, Israel, the U.S. and France15:30 How the Jewish Historical Institute acquired the 52 works by Moshe in its collection17:00 Restitution issues and historical justice 20:00 Carla Shapreau24:00 Artworks are also survivors with a story25:00 Elizabeth Rynecki’s decision to author a book and create a film with this story27:00 Elizabeth’s advice on seeking lost art: persistence and a sense of practicality29:20 Books recommended by Elizabeth, including Landscape with Smoke Stacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas that relates to a restitution case involving Simon Goodman 35:20 Poland’s approach to restitution Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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