{"id":2115625,"date":"2023-12-04T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-rejects-german-museums-request-for-aryan-statue-bought-by-hitler\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T17:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T22:52:51","slug":"italy-rejects-german-museums-request-for-aryan-statue-bought-by-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-rejects-german-museums-request-for-aryan-statue-bought-by-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy denies German museum&#8217;s request for &#8216;Aryan&#8217; statue purchased by Hitler"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fitaly-rejects-german-museums-request-for-aryan-statue-bought-by-hitler%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2115625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bronze reconstruction \u2064of a lost Greek work (L) and a Roman copy of Myron\u2019s Discobolus (C) \u2063are displayed\u2063 during a \u2063press preview of the\u200d British Museum\u2019s \u200b\u201cDefining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art\u201d in central London on March 24, 2015. \u200dAFP PHOTO \/ LEON \u200dNEAL (Photo by LEON NEAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:35\u200c PM \u2013 Monday, December\u2063 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s culture minister has rejected a request \u200dfrom the\u200d German State Antiquities Collection in Munich, Germany, for an ancient Roman statue believed to represent\u200c Hitler\u2019s Aryan ideology.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The culture\u2063 minister of Italy, Gennaro Sangiuliano, firmly declined \u200bthe request, stating that the statue is a &#8220;national treasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statue, known as\u200d the &#8220;Discobolus Palombara,&#8221; is a Roman replica from the second \u2063century, based on a lost \u200cGreek original.<\/p>\n<p>In 1938, Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party,\u200d acquired the statue from its \u2062private Italian owner under pressure from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, despite objections from the education minister and cultural authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Discobolus Palombara, which was unearthed at a Roman \u2063villa in 1781, was returned\u200c to Italy in 1948 as part\u2064 of the artworks unlawfully acquired by the Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute arose when the director\u2062 of the \u2063National Roman Museum requested the return of the statue&#8217;s 17th-century \u2064marble base from the Staatliche\u200b Antikensammlungen state antiquities \u200bcollection in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The Staatliche Antikensammlungen is a \u2064museum that houses collections of antiquities from Greece,\u2062 Etruria, and Rome.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the\u2063 German museum demanded the \u200dreturn of the Discobolus Palombara, claiming that it had been &#8220;illegally transported&#8221; to Italy in \u200c1948, as reported \u2062by Italian newspaper \u2064Corriere della\u200d Sera.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sangiuliano\u2064 expressed \u2062doubt that the German culture minister, Claudia Roth, \u2064was aware of the request.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ll have to step \u200bover my dead body,&#8221; Sangiuliano told Italian Rai state TV on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u2062his response, Sangiuliano \u200bdenounced the \u200bGerman request for the\u200b statue&#8217;s return as &#8220;inadmissible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This\u2063 work was obtained fraudulently by the Nazis, and \u200cit&#8217;s part of our national heritage,&#8221; Sangiuliano added.\u2062 He \u200calso expressed hope for the return of the \u2062base.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u2064 Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The non-profit Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions organization is taking a unique\u200d approach to combat veteran suicides through psychedelic-assisted therapies. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>2:59 PM\u200c UTC \u2013 December 4, 2023 MADRID (Reuters) \u2013 A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed\u2064 a 550 million\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Verizon said it would offer streaming subscriptions \u2062to Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery-owned Max platforms\u2063 as a \u2064bundle to its customers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Market capitalizations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-reveals-censorship-industrial-complex\/\" title=\"Whistleblower exposes \"Censorship Industrial Complex\">global mega-cap companies surged<\/a>, buoyed \u200dby \u200da decline\u2063 in U.S. \u200dyields and growing anticipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decolonization-part-of-radical-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Decolonization' in Radical Climate Agenda\">potential rate cuts amid diminishing worries<\/a> about inflation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More advertisers are likely to flee\u2062 Elon Musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X after the billionaire lashed out \u2064at some of the \u2064biggest names in the media\u2062 industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What legal and \u200bethical concerns\u200b are raised by \u2063the ownership and display of ancient artifacts tied to controversial\u200b figures or ideologies?\u200c <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano\u200b expressed his firm rejection of\u2063 a request \u2062from the German State \u2063Antiquities Collection in Munich for an ancient Roman \u200bstatue believed\u2063 to represent Hitler&#8217;s Aryan ideology. Sangiuliano\u2063 stated that the statue, \u200bknown as the &#8220;Discobolus Palombara,&#8221;\u200b is a &#8220;national treasure&#8221; of Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The statue is \u2062a Roman \u2063replica from the second century, based on a lost Greek original. In 1938, Hitler \u2064acquired\u2063 the statue from its\u2063 private\u200c Italian\u2063 owner under pressure from\u2063 Italian dictator\u2064 Benito Mussolini, \u2062despite objections from the education minister and cultural\u200c authorities. However, the \u200dDiscobolus Palombara was returned to Italy in 1948\u2064 as part of the \u2062artworks unlawfully acquired by the Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>The current dispute arose\u200b when\u200b the director of the National Roman Museum requested the return of the statue&#8217;s 17th-century marble base from the Staatliche Antikensammlungen state \u200bantiquities collection in Munich, Germany. Instead, the German museum\u200d demanded the return of the Discobolus Palombara, claiming\u200b that it \u2062had been \u2062&#8221;illegally transported&#8221; to Italy in\u200c 1948.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 response, Sangiuliano expressed doubt that German Culture Minister Claudia\u200b Roth was \u200daware of the\u200c request. He boldly stated, &#8220;They&#8217;ll have to step over\u2064 my dead body&#8221; in \u200can\u2062 interview with Italian\u2063 Rai state TV. This rejection signifies the Italian government&#8217;s determination to preserve its cultural heritage and protect national treasures from being exploited for\u2064 ideological purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Italy has a long history and rich cultural \u2063heritage, which encompasses the \u200bart and \u200csculptures of ancient civilizations. These artifacts provide \u2063invaluable insights into the past \u2062and hold\u2063 significant \u2064cultural and historical importance. The\u2064 refusal to hand over\u200b the Discobolus Palombara demonstrates Italy&#8217;s commitment to preserving and safeguarding its cultural artifacts \u200cfrom\u2062 potential misuse or \u200bmisinterpretation.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of such antiquities extends \u200cbeyond national borders. Museums and cultural institutions worldwide play \u2064a crucial role in studying and exhibiting \u200bancient\u2062 artworks, fostering cultural exchange and understanding. However, it is \u200bequally important to address \u200cany legal\u200b and ethical concerns \u200drelated to \u200cthe acquisition and ownership\u2064 of these artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>In this \u200ccase, it appears that Italy&#8217;s \u2063stance is grounded in the historical context of the \u200dstatue\u2064 and\u200b its connections to Hitler and Mussolini. By refusing the request from the German State Antiquities Collection, Italy sends a powerful\u2064 message\u200b that it will not permit the\u2063 commodification and distortion of its \u2064cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this dispute highlights the complexities and sensitivities surrounding the \u200bownership and display of ancient\u2062 artifacts. It also opens \u2063up \u200bdiscussions about the responsibilities of museums and cultural institutions in ensuring the ethical acquisition and display of artworks, especially when they have been historically tied to controversial figures or ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of this disagreement,\u2063 dialogue and collaboration between \u2062Italy and Germany could be pursued to address \u200bthe concerns raised by both parties. This could\u2063 involve diplomatic discussions,\u200c legal \u2062assessments, or collaborative research\u2064 projects\u2063 that aim to shed light on the historical context and significance of \u200cthe Discobolus Palombara.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cthe end, the\u200d protection and preservation of\u2062 cultural heritage should \u2064be\u200b a priority\u200c for all nations. By upholding their obligations to safeguard\u200c such treasures, \u200dcountries can contribute to a \u200dmore respectful \u2063and inclusive understanding \u2064of history, ensuring these artifacts continue to inspire and educate future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A press preview of the British Museum&#8217;s &#8220;Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art&#8221; showcased a bronze reconstruction of a lost Greek work and a Roman copy of Myron&#8217;s Discobolus. The event took place in central London on March 24, 2015. 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