Dina Gottliebova Babbitt - For Arts Sake
In 1944 Dina Gottliebova Babbitt was ordered to paint a series of pictures of gypsies to help in the propaganda by the Nazi's that gypsies were genetically inferior. The reward was that she and her mo... continue reading »
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"Mrs. Babbitt is the rightful owner of her portraits. They were stolen twice. They are her intellectual property and the reason she is still alive."
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"Her plight is a travesty."
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"I listened to the CBC interview this a.m. and was not only fascinated by Dina Gottliebova Babitts's story, but also by her voice...which at 85 sounds clear as a bell...a bell that keeps ringing: reminding us not only what she has endured,..but what contin"
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"In the spirit of the dignity and the humanity that Dina so beautfully expressed in her creations of art, please offer Dina the same -- please liberate these works of art to their creator, Dina."
"Perhaps something could e worked out to allow the museum to display the paintings, or duplicates thereof, since they and their history are certainly relevant to the history that the museum preserves."
"Why would the museum continue to cause Dina emotional pain and suffering, when ending it is as simple as giving back what is rightfully hers?"
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"She deserves to have these paintings back in her possession."
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"We live in a global village and I encourage all people who are aware of the attrocities of the Second World War to sign this petition and help people like Dina Gottliebova Babbit ease the long and painful ordeal presently imposed on her by the refusal of "
"The artist owns the work. The museum could make copies!"
"She deserves to own what is hers."
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