Seems only fair. The British Museum has done the same thing plenty of times.
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For the unawares, he was Chaim Weizmann the very first President of modern day Israel. Before that he was a Russian Biochemist, he helped the British develop a new Acetone production method which was instrumental in weapons supply in WW1.
Basically he used his influence to meet people, shake hands, later on fight the Nazis and create the Jewish State. It's debatable how "good" of a person he was, but certainly an odd thing to steal.
I mean he helped create the Jewish state. That makes him a bad person right there.
Yes but he also helped in the fight against Germans in both World Wars. Mixed Bag.
Although if anybody is questioning if he perhaps had good intentions at the time, the answer is definitely not because the land had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years until they allied with Germany in WWI, after which it became a British Occupied Territory. Meaning there was never any claim that Israel had over the lands justifying the removal of Palestinians. It was bad from the start.
I wouldn't put WW1 Germans and WW2 Germans in the same category. Yes, there was a good amount of nationalism in WW1 Germany, but they were hardly special in that regard.
Many WWI Germans fought in WWII. They were more of a monarchy leading them to war instead of dictatorship but that's po-tay-toes po-tah-toes.
Plus, I refuse to believe Chaim was active during the entirety of WWII and didn't help against the Nazis. Idk specifically where he was or what he was doing but its a bit farfetched to think he hid under a rock and immediately became prominent upon his return.