For Some Nazi Loot, Value Is Measured on a Different Scale
The New York Times••world
Key Points:
- Marie Hélène Sagaspe never met her father, Jean Iribarne, who died in 1945 after being arrested for helping Jews escape the Nazis and enduring multiple concentration camps.
- Iribarne lived in the small French village of Camou-Cihigue, where he was arrested by the Gestapo for aiding Jewish refugees.
- Recently, Sagaspe was contacted by the Arolsen Archives, a German organization that researches Holocaust victims, to return her father’s wallet.
- The wallet, returned in a local ceremony, contained personal items including a photo of Sagaspe’s mother, evoking a powerful emotional response.
- The restitution of small, non-monetary items like this wallet highlights the deep
