previous promises and stated that he opposed the return of the Baldin collection to Germany. As of 2010, it appeared that the collection would not be returning to Germany any time soon. Legacy According to a 2005 interview with Baldin's widow Julia Siwakowa, it was always his wish that the looted art be returned to the Kunsthalle. Baldin's last will stated: "The collection belongs to humankind, not only Germany, and as the collection was located at the Kunsthalle Bremen, it must be returned to this place." The history of Victor Baldin, the stolen paintings and their odyssey is featured in the 2007 book Victor Baldin – The Man with the Suitcase/Victor Baldin – Der Mann mit dem Koffer. See also The Berlinka, a collection of German art found in 1945 in Lower Silesia, Poland and presently kept in the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków. Romanian Treasure, valuable objects and gold reserves of Romania sent to Russia between 1916 and 1917. References External links Art and cultural repatriation after World War II Looting Germany–Soviet Union relations