Holocaust was the primary reason the United nations called for a convention on prevention and punishment of Genocide in 1948.
Laws are no longer strictly enforced.
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The role of pawnbrokers in the middle ages is : Making loans in exchange for property
So basically if the people in that period need some sort of fund, they can get it with the exchange of their valuable personal property (such as expensive arts, antiques, or gem stones)
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Because the art reflects what was going on in that era