Bronius 'Bob' Sredersas, who donated around a hundred works to a Wollongong galley and has a room named after him, is found to have been a Nazi during the German occupation of Lithuania.
A report on a major art donor to the Wollongong Art Gallery has found he was a member of Nazi intelligence during the German occupation of Lithuania in World War II.Gallery donor Bob Sredersas has been investigated for links to the Nazi security service in WWII LithuaniaThe NSW Jewish Board of Deputies confirms Mr Sredersas was a Nazi intelligence officer
After being alerted to his past by a former Wollongong councillor, an investigation was launched by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Sydney Jewish Museum. But a spokesperson said the organisation would not comment further until after meeting with Wollongong City Council and the investigator from the Sydney Jewish Museum later this week.Wollongong's lord mayor said following the revelation the gallery will need to "represent that collection in a way that's respectful".
"Just out of respect for the Jewish community, and more specifically Jewish Museum researchers, we are just waiting for that meeting.
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