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Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, setting stage for more restitution battles

JL;DR SUMMARY A new U.S. law, the 2025 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act), has been enacted, allowing more time for Holocaust survivors and their descendants to pursue claims on art looted by the Nazis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationNazi Looted ArtLooted ArtHolocaust RestitutionFritz GrünbaumEgon SchieleArt RecoveryHear ActLegal ClaimsAmedeo Modigliani

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United States
"A new U.S. law removing a deadline for laying claim to art looted during the Holocaust has gone into effect after President Donald Trump signed it on Monday."
Vienna, Austria
"The family of the cabaret artist Fritz Grnbaum, who was murdered in the Holocaust, for example, was able to recover works by Viennese Expressionist artist Egon Schiele that were in Grnbaums vast personal collection in 2018 after decades of efforts."
Italy
"Last week, a judge ruled after a decade-long legal battle that a painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, once valued at around $25 million, must be returned to the descendants of its original owner, who was forced to sell the painting to the Nazis."
New York, United States
"The painting had been in the possession of a prominent New York-based real estate and art dealer family since 1996."

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