Restitution after 80 Years

After 80 years, a book confiscated in National Socialist Germany was handed over to its present owner. The book Mein Deutschland , was written by the Jewish physician Benno Latz and printed in a limited edition. Today's rightful owner, the British artist Geoff Latz, a grandson of the author, was found through an article in the newspaper. The restitution was coordinated by the staff of the unit in the University Library of Freie Universität Berlin that is devoted to finding and returning Nazi-looted books. An article in the British newspaper Telegraph & Argus about a memorial campaign initiated by Geoff Latz was drawn to the attention of library staff in the Nazi-Loot Investigation Bureau of the University Library of Freie Universität Berlin. Geoff Latz is the grandson of Benno Latz, and the librarians contacted him. In 1938 Geoff Latz's grandfather had fled from Nazi Germany and went to New York.