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The Bacri Family as a Case Study for the Restitution of Looted Artworks

Author: Camille Freyermuth The Bacri family made their fortune in North Africa, as grains merchants and bankers of the dey of Algiers. In the 1860’s, they moved to Paris, where Jacob Bacri (1831– before 1911) and his brothers established themselves as merchants, jewellers and antiques dealers. Martin (1868–1948) and Léon…