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Cluade Monet and his gardens scanned from “Monet” by DuMont, Köln 1985. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.

Rediscovered Monet artwork stolen by Nazis is returned to Jewish family

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The granddaughters of Adalbert (“Bela”) and Hilda Parlagi have recovered one of seven artworks seized from the couple by the Nazi Germans in 1940. Helen Lowe and Francoise Parlagi received on Wednesday “Bord de Mer,” a  7x11-inch...

Amsterdam exhibit focuses on neglected aspect of the Holocaust: looted Judaica

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Stories about art looted during the Holocaust abound, but they tend to focus on major works by noted artists worth vast amounts of money. “Beyond the masterpieces, there remains a largely hidden world of lesser-­known...

Nazi-stolen art returned to heirs in New York City ceremony

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The family of Fritz Grünbaum—a cabaret performer whose art collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II and the Holocaust—received “Seated Nude Woman, front view,” a work by Austrian artist Egon Schiele. The Manhattan...

Blinken announces program to return Nazi-looted art to descendants

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke via video on Tuesday for the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art and best practices event, announcing a new effort by the U.S. State Department to...
The central panel of the Ghent Altarpiece rescued from a cache of Nazi-looted art in Altaussee, Austria in July 1945. Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

We need a global campaign to locate Nazi-looted art

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Museums are often viewed as repositories of culture and history, showcasing the beauty and creativity of humanity. However, behind many works of art hanging on museum walls lies a dark history of theft, violence...
Wassily Kandinsky, “Colorful Life,” 1907. Credit: WikiArt/Public Domain.

Kandinsky’s ‘Colorful Life’ painting to return to Jewish heirs

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Wassily Kandinsky’s 1907 semi-abstract painting “Colorful Life,” which depicts a large outdoor celebration, should return to heirs of the Dutch Jewish collector who owned the work prior to the Holocaust, a German government panel...
Detail of "Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Therese Karl)" (1890) by Fritz von Uhde. Credit: Städel museum, Frankfurt.

Frankfurt returns painting to heirs of Jewish collector murdered in the Holocaust

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Fritz von Uhde’s painting “Portray of a Lady” will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish collector Gustav Rüdenberg, according to an agreement with the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which the New York...
U.S. Supreme Court. Credit: Pixabay.

US Supreme Court rules against Holocaust victims’ heirs in Nazi-era disputes

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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday against the heirs of Holocaust victims seeking to recover their families’ art treasures and other property seized by Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The...
Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude (circa 1038) from the Guelph Treasure. Credit: CC via Wikipedia.

US Supreme Court to rule on whether Jews can recover Nazi-stolen art

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A U.S. Supreme Court case that began on Dec. 7 will determine if American Jews are able to recover art that was part of a forced sale to the Nazis. The case, Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp,...
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US Supreme Court to hear two cases related to Holocaust restitution

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on Dec. 7 related to the issue of Holocaust restitution. The court will decide if the United States has the jurisdiction, in accordance with the 1976 Foreign Sovereign...