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The Nazis looted more than 500 of their paintings; a Jewish collector’s heirs still seek justice and restitution

JL;DR SUMMARY Pauline Baer de Perignon's determination to recover her great-grandfather Jules Strauss' vast art collection, looted by the Nazis during World War II, highlights ongoing challenges in art restitution. 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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World War IiJewish HeritageFamily HistoryNazi Looted ArtArt RestitutionCultural RecoveryJules StraussPauline Baer De PerignonNicholas LargillierePortrait Of A Lady As Pomona

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New York City, New York, United States
"On Sunday, Pauline Baer de Perignon stood in front of the Marquise de Parbre for the last time."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"It is a feat that her great-grandmother was unable to achieve, despite a 16-year claims process with the German government after World War II."
Berlin, Germany
"The painting was acquired by the German Reichsbank in Berlin in 1941, discovered in a safe in the German Democratic Republics Ministry of Finance, and transferred to the National Gallery in Berlin in 1953."
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
"In 1959, it was moved to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen museum in Dresden where it was on display until 2021."
London, England, United Kingdom
"He worked at Sothebys London."

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