Itwasafatefulcoincidencethatin2014,justwhentheAllardPiersonMuseuminAmsterdamwasstaginganexhibitionofCrimeanartworks,Russiaannexedtheregion.Sonowthequestionarisesofwhoshouldtheartworksbereturnedto?TothemuseumsinCrimeawhohadbeensokindastoloanthemout?OrtoUkraine,perhaps,thecountryCrimeabelongedtobeforetheannexation?Whatshouldthemuseum’sdirectorWimHupperetzdo?VeterandocumentaryfilmmakerOekeHoogendijk(TheNewRijksmuseum)isjustthewomanforthejobwhenitcomestoturningthiscomplexissueintoanexcitingfilm,andfindingthehumandimensioninatangledjudicialtug-of-war.Political,emotional,personal,cultural,andhistoricalinterestsalljostleforpositionaslawyersarguingfromapurelyjudicialperspectivepresenttheircaseanddistressedmuseumdirectorsfacebiggapsintheircollections.WhilearchaeologistsinCrimeacontinuetheirgroundbreakinghistoricalwork,itlooksliketheirpreviousfindsaregoingtobere-buriedintheNetherlands—shutofffromtheworldinawarehouse,theyareperhapsthebiggestlosersinthisconflict.

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