Germany Can’t Extend Art Theft Statute, Minister Says
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Germany is unlikely retroactively to extend the statute of limitations in order to prosecute Cornelius Gurlitt, the 80-year-old who hoarded artworks for half a century, Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger told Handelsblatt newspaper.
Such an extension is “hard to imagine,” she said, urging Gurlitt to acknowledge he has “moral as well as legal obligations”.