U.S. Congress seeking return of paintings made by Auschwitz prisoner

The American Congress will appeal to call on President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell to do everything in order to return paintings made in Auschwitz to their creator, Dina Babbitt. Ms. Babbitt, now an American citizen, was ordered by Dr. Josef Mengele to paint pictures of the camp prisoners for a year and a half. She has been trying to get back her works from the Auschwitz museum for more than than 10 years, but the museum refuses to send them back, arguing that the paintings are a historical testimony and thus should remain in the museum. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 9) A.D.