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THE UNIVERSITY DIARY KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2008
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Answer to previous puzzle
11/25
Difficulty Level ★
1 2 7 6 4 9 8 5 3
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Matisse painting takes strange journey
ART
This photo, provided Monday by the French Culture Ministry, shows the 1898 oil canvas "Paysage, le mur rose" (Landscape, the Pink Wall) by French painter Henri Matisse. This week, a charity that funds Israel's medical rescue service will take delivery of a Henri Matisse oil painting that the Nazis stole from a rich German Jewish family. An SS officer who was responsible for delivering poison gas to Auschwitz and other extermination camps kept the painting.
BY JOHN LEICESTER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — Finally, justice for Henri Matisse's "Le Mur Rose."
The oil painting, which was stolen from a rich German Jewish family sometime after 1937 and kept by a Nazi officer responsible for delivering poison gas to Auschwitz, is to be given Thursday to a British charity that supports medical rescue in Israel.
The story of how "Le Mur Rose," or "The Pink Wall," made its way through the war to France is as surprising as the colorful painting itself, and it is steeped with death, mystery and injustice. Proceeds from the expected sale of the painting will go toward the Magen David Adom network of ambulances, paramedics and emergency treatment centers in Israel.
The painting belonged to Harry Fuld, a German Jew who made his fortune in telephones, founding the H. Fuld & Co. Telefon und Telegraphenwerke AG in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1899, the charity says.
"It's a remarkable and in some ways slightly creepy story," said Stuart Glyn, chairman of the British charity Magen David Adom UK. He will take receive the artwork at the French Culture Ministry in Paris.
"The Fuld family were almost manic collectors, with the broadest of tastes," Glyn said in a phone interview.
After Fuld's death on a business trip to Switzerland in 1932, his art collection passed to his son, Harry Fuld Jr. The son fled Nazi Germany in 1937, packing the collection into crates, which he gave to a shipping company to transport. Instead, the Nazis confiscated it. Kurt Gerstein, an officer in the Nazis' murderous Waffen SS, got the Matisse, either
as a bribe or because he bought it,
Glyn said.
An expert in decontamination techniques, Gerstein was assigned to the Hygiene Institute of the SS, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. On its Web site, it says he was responsible for delivering Zyklon B poison used in the gas chambers — to Auschwitz and other camps
Gerstein surrendered to French authorities in April 1945, as the Nazi regime was crumbling, and was held at Paris' Cherche-Midi prison, the museum says. It says he wrote a report there recounting his service with the SS and hanged himself in July 1945.
Matisse painted the landscape, showing a building behind a wall, in 1898. The colors are vivid, the perspective a little unsettling as it leans left toward the viewer.
Pompidou Center national museum of modern art in Paris. It has been part of the museum's collection since 1949.
French gendarmes recovered the painting three years later from a cache near Gerstein's home in Tuebingen, Germany, said Didier Schulmann, curator at the
Harry Fuld Jr. died in 1963 and for reasons unknown willed his estate to Gisela Martin, who who has remained something of a mystery in this saga. She left her estate to the British charity when she died in Switzerland in 1992, which explains why Magen David Adom UK is now getting the Matisse.
"It is not an absolute masterpiece, but it is surprising," said Schulmann. Although looted artworks often have complex stories, "this one is particularly amazing," he added.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
A lot of planning goes into a major endeavor. You don't need to have the whole thing figured out; just get a start on it. For instance, see if you can figure out what this is going to cost.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6.
TAUROS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Right now it's not a very good idea to try to get people to do anything other than what they've been doing. Conditions are rotten for change. Wait a couple of days.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is an 8
Today is an 8
The rush is on, and you're up for it. Give the job everything you've got. The paycheck's not all that impressive, but you're not in it for the money. Besides, you're making great connections.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Keep costs down by letting others participate in the project. You can still be in charge, but you shouldn't have to foot the whole bill. Accept donations.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
Home's your best location for an intimate conversation. There are a couple of issues you'll want to iron out. Try to be flexible; you may be the only one who can.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7
Finding a quiet place to study could be a challenge now. Your house appears to be anything but a tranquil place. Do the best with what you have.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a Z
Today is a 7
Put in the extra hours and make the overtime. You can earn a bonus if you take the initiative. Imagination is required, so it shouldn't be too tough.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
By now you've probably made a choice as to your next course of action. During the next four weeks, there will be many opportunities to make money. Make that your top priority and you'll do very well.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is 7
It's cleanup time again, on a smaller scale. There are a couple of ancient items in your in-basket that deserve your attention. Face them. They might be easier to deal with now than you thought.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Todav is a 6
Watch out for a group that decides to spend more of your money than you think is appropriate for something you don't even want. Yes, this could be your own duly elected officials.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Todav is a 7
You usually learn more quickly out in the real world than in classroom situations. So if you're teaching, make your classroom be like the real world. And get teachers with lots of experience.
An opportunity to advance may not be as great as it looks at first. Get the terms in writing and watch out for trickery. Somebody may be trying to give you more work for the same pay.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
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ACROSS
1 Attempt, in basketball
5 Condo, for instance
9 Parcel of land
12 Franc replacement
13 Wounded
14 Commotion
15 Site maintainer
17 Affirmative action?
18 Grow weary
19 Large
21 Shaving tool
24 Elite alternative
25 Teensy bit
26 Sit-ins and such
30 Anderson's "High —"
31 Glistened
32 Gratuity
33 Catching sight of
35 Seoff
36 MPs' quarry
37 Actress Halle
38 Bust
40 Shopper's need
42 Last (Abbr.)
43 White gypsum
48 "A pox upon thee!"
49 Honeycomb compartment
50 Vicinity
51 Supporting
52 Gopher's hideout
53 Create
DOWN
1 Stitch
2 Coloration
3 Sphere
4 Long, narrow drum
5 "Back in the —"
6 Staff member?
7 Rage
8 Wood eater
9 York adversary
10 Smell
11 — list (agenda)
16 Melody
Solution time: 21 mins.
20 Blackjack part
21 "Phopey!"
22 On
23 Persian prophet
24 Vintage video game
26 Dr. McGraw
27 Director Howard
28 Layer
29 Agile
31 Belly
34 Pair
35 Stuff tossed over-board
37 Support system?
38 Enthusiast
39 Hodge-podge
40 Shout
41 Skilled
44 Zodiac cat
45 La-la lead-in
46 "A mouse!"
47 "Norma —"
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