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The ''Berlinka'' ((ポーランド語:from Berlin)) is the Polish name for a German collection of historic material which was originally kept at the ''Preußische Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin'', the Prussian State Library at Berlin, but which is now kept in the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków. ==History== During the Second World War, German authorities moved the material to the Silesia Grüssau Abbey to protect it from Allied bombing. When Lower Silesia became Polish territory after the war, the Polish state secretly claimed the collection as war reparations.〔 The Polish government kept the ''Berlinka'' Poland claims that it should retain ownership of the ''Berlinka'' as compensation for Polish historical collections destroyed or looted by Germans during the Second World War; the total worth of Polish cultural heritage destroyed by Germany is estimated at 20 billion dollars.〔 (Rosjanie oddają skradzione dzieła sztuki ), Gazeta Wyborcza, 2007-10-14〕 Some German media have referred to the ''Berlinka'' as the "last German prisoner of war", and claimed that Poland is in violation of the Hague Convention of 1907.〔Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: ''Rückgabe von Beutekunst - Die letzten deutschen Kriegsgefangenen'', 26 July 2007, ()〕 In summer 2007, Der Spiegel quoted German foreign ministry representative Julia Gross as saying that negotiations over the disposition of the ''Berlinka'' had reached a low point. Earlier, Poland had stated that the return is out of the question.〔 Previously, Poland has undertaken several initiatives, such as proposing a creation of a Polish-German foundation that would take possession of such disputed collections, but Germany has refused, each time demanding that Poland return the ''Berlinka'' unconditionally; Poland refuses, claiming that Germany still has much Polish material looted during World War II, and that this should be returned to Poland in exchange.〔 In 2014 Germany returned to Poland the looted painting ''Palace Stairs'' by Francesco Guardi. With this gesture, Germany hopes to restart negotiations for the return of ''Berlinka''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berlinka (art collection)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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