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A fact from Héctor Feliciano appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,207 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Saying that "The French government was forced to put on display nearly 2,000 looted works that had been quietly integrated into its museum collections. " is not, for sure, the truth. Even Feliciano, who is not very kind to French civil administration, did not claim that. Basically, France did get back some works of arts stolen by nazis (sometimes with the help of art dealers or experts, either French or non-French; legitimate owners of the works of arts were mostly jews, but not only jews) in French private collections. In the 40's and 50's, some efforts were done by French administration to allow original owner to have their property back (through exhibition for example). But it is true that after a while, few efforts were done to find the owners. We must note nevertheless that : instead some other countries (especially Russian "legal" thiefts), French laws clearly specify that theses work of arts (called "MNR") does not, and will never belong to French state. More, many paintings are openly on exhibition in French museums, and not hidden in museum's storerooms to avoid legal owner to claim their properties.
In this file, French state is not free from some criticism, for its sometimes passive attitude, but can not be considered as a thieft, and be compared to some countries such as Russia ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.234.235.241 (talk) 15:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
