Sorry - my previous email to Andreas Drechsler in Bamberg was sent to the
whole list. Please excuse me.
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Am 06.11.2006 9:32 Uhr schrieb "Andreas Drechsler" unter
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> Hello to the list
>
> as most of you will remember there were two postings by Geoffrey Roper
> and myself on the question of this dubious intended sale of manuscripts
> in Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The situation has changed
> considerably since these posting, because the public outcry (on a
> national and international level) was so enormous that the provincial
> government has cancelled the sale and is trying now with other means
> to collect the money that is needed for the restauration of the boarding
> school of Salem at Lake Constanze, the original reason for the whole
> affair. Baden-Württemberg is now buying paintings etc. from the house of
> Baden to get together the money. In an absurd twist the regional
> Ministry of culture included paintings that were already owned by the
> Baden-Württemberg since 1930!!! Nobody had noticed so far ... (so much
> on the famous German bureaucratic system). There is a complete
> collection of articles, blogs etc. on this scandalous incident at
> http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/2895938/. It also includes English
> contributions.
> Best wishes
> Andreas
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