>It's not as though there was a German government whose property rights were being infringed
It's pretty common to regard a country as having a claim on looted artifacts even after a change in government. It kind of seems to be taken for granted in a lot of discussions.
It's pretty common to regard a country as having a claim on looted artifacts even after a change in government. It kind of seems to be taken for granted in a lot of discussions.
e.g. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illega...
Nobody seems to particularly care whether the Sumerians, or the city of Irisagrig, still exist.