Dana Garfin, a post doc scholar at UCI’s Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, addresses the impact of nationally/internationally covered traumatic events on the individual’s physical and mental well being; from the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination to 9/11. Next, UCI German Professor Kai Evers probes into the ambiguities of the provenance of the Gurlitt art collection recently discovered in the family’s Munich apartment. This coverage of the family’s relationship to the Third Reich and to the art world,is only the start of many discoveries yet to be disclosed. lostart.de is one website where this topic can be followed.

Personal Toll Public Trauma AND Raiders of Lost Art