[Rick]

Originally Posted by FenrisWolf

Say, do you suppose if someone had their geneaology mapped out well enough to trace their ancestry back to medeival times, they could start knocking on the doors of some of the European museums with big arms collections and demanding the return of their cultural heritage? "Yeah, I want that billhook, targe, claymore and dirk, they were all looted from my people after Culloden...."

This is happening in the world of art ; many of WWII's looted paintings are being recovered by their original owners or their descendants.