Horst Waechter is the son of Otto Waechter, the wartime Governor of Krakow, who expelled thousands of Jews from the city in 1940. Later, tens of thousands of Jews were sent to extermination camps during a period when he was Governor of Galicia.
In a radio interview, Horst Waechter told Newshour's James Coomarasamy why he decided to return the works of art. To hear the interview, click on the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04v40ss