21 Quotes by Stuart Eizenstat

While most countries in the region recognize their obligation to return confiscated property, there remains in some countries a lukewarm commitment to completing quickly the work at hand,

We are closer to an agreement than we were before and both sides have shown flexibility, ... critical stage.

This was an effort in progress for months before the Bank of New York hit the news, ... This is a much broader issue than Russia.

It would create a winner-take-all race to the courthouse,

The Russia delegation, in effect, opened a new chapter in restitution. I am confident that some of the greatest collections in the world will be returned to their rightful owners and a vast storehouse of information about other works will open up.

As painful as it may sometimes be, we must not sweep these issues under the rug of embarrassment, silence and indifference,

This agreement does not end moral responsibility for the Holocaust. Nothing can erase the memory of those who died or the culture and potential achievements lost or the suffering of those who survived.

This is a major achievement which will reverberate through our museums, galleries, auction houses and in the homes and hearts of those families who may now have the chance to have returned what is rightfully theirs.

Swiss banks have taken a number of steps to redress past mistakes and provide assistance to Holocaust survivors.