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Sammlung 101 – City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen and Russia (ArThemis case note)

University of Geneva Art-Law Centre, n.d.. ArThemis, Art-Law Centre, University of Geneva.

A legal case note on the 2000 exchange: the Amber Room mosaic "Sense of Smell and Touch" (1716) and an 18th-century chest of drawers, confiscated in Bremen and Berlin after the mosaic was offered for auction on behalf of Hans Achtermann, were handed to Russia on 29 April 2000; Bremen received the "Sammlung 101" drawings on 30 April 2000. Sets out the 1990 and 1992 treaties, the 1995 Duma moratorium and the 1998 Russian law.

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Art-Law Centre, U. o. G. (n.d.). Sammlung 101 – City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen and Russia (ArThemis case note). ArThemis, Art-Law Centre, University of Geneva. https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/sammlung-101-city-of-bremen-kunsthalle-bremen-and-russia-1
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