Submissions/Recovery of Lost Art

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This is an Open submission for Wikimania 2017 that has not yet been reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Submission no. 5030 - L4, GO
Title of the submission
Recovery of Lost Art
Type of submission
lightning talk
Author of the submission
Alex Liberman
type of submission
Lightning talk
Language of presentation
Engish, French
E-mail address
alex@zoosmart.us
Username
alextheblade
Country of origin
US
Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Dan Liberman Fine Art
Personal homepage or blog
Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
I will recount how a painting looted by the Nazis from the National Museum collection in Warsaw during World War II was returned to Poland in 2012 with the help of Wikipedia
What will attendees take away from this session?
Attendees will see a use case of how wikipedia can be used to recover lost art
Theme of presentation
GLAM
For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?
all
Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
15 minutes
Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
yes
Slides or further information (optional)
slideshow at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18yHgShrylTyEKJMguuQWsNYC-f6FK2petwgxAkexWgg/
Special requests
Submission is a Draft
Yes/Final

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