Tel Aviv Museum reexamines donation from fortune of Nazi war criminal
Tel Aviv Museum reexamines donation from fortune of Nazi war criminal Institution looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars given a decade ago by Ingrid Flick, who inherited money from German industrialist found guilty of war crimes By ToI Staff 15 July 2023, 3:38 am Share 4 View of the entrance to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, June 26, 2023 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90) The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is reexamining its acceptance of donations tied to the fortune of a Nazi war criminal, Artnet reported this week. Ingrid Flick is listed on a wall of wealthy donors to the museum after contributing some $670,000 dollars to it a decade ago. But the source of Flick’s money has recently drawn renewed scrutiny: She inherited much of her wealth via her late husband from the fortune of Friedrich Flick. Flick was a German industrialist who had close ties to the Nazi party and SS, made key contributions to the war effort and profited from the appropriation of Jewish businesses. He w...