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Tag: Nazi Looted Art

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Judaica seller signs deal with feds to return Nazi-looted 16th-century Bible to Budapest seminary

Asaf Elia-Shalev in JTA · 9 Oct

A rare 16th-century Jewish book, comprising a Hebrew Torah and Haftarot printed in Venice by Giovanni di Gara, is set to return to the Budapest University of Jewish Studies library after being seized by the Nazis in 1944.

0 Holocaust Politics

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 19 Sep

California has enacted a law to facilitate the restitution of art and personal property looted by the Nazis, assisting Holocaust survivors and their heirs.

0 Holocaust Art

Another Nazi-looted Schiele painting has been returned to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 26 Jul

The New York District Attorney's Office recently returned a Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawing, Seated Nude Woman, to the heirs of Austrian Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum.

0 Holocaust Art

How my story about Nazi-looted art inspired an opera by one of America's greatest composers

Howard Reich in Forward · 14 May

A series of articles by Howard Reich published in the Chicago Tribune more than two decades ago about Nazi-looted art has inspired an opera titled "Before It All Goes Dark" by renowned composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer.

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Poem | Still Life with Nazi-Looted Art

Jared Harél in Moment · 28 Nov 2023

In this sonnet-length poem by Jared Harl, the theme of loss is explored through references to Nazi-looted art during World War II.

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Pressure from Jewish groups helped stop auction of jewels tied to Nazi fortune

Talya Zax in Forward · 1 Sep 2023

Christie's auction house has canceled the sale of part of a jewelry collection owned by billionaire Heidi Horten, who inherited her husband's fortune made from buying Jewish businesses during the Holocaust.

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Tel Aviv art museum cancels event with Christie’s following auction of jewelry collection with Nazi ties

BCohen in Forward · 2 Jul 2023

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has canceled a conference it was set to host with Christie's following the auction house's sale of jewelry with ties to the Nazis.

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Supreme Court sides with Jewish family in case over Nazi-looted art

RMalcom in Forward · 21 Apr 2022

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Jewish family in a case involving a painting looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

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Changing U.S. Political Landscape; Recovering Nazi-Looted Art

People of the Pod · 15 May 2020

In this discussion, Seth Mandel and Batya Ungar-Sargon talk about the changing U.S. political landscape and its implications for American Jews.