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Daughter of Nazi officer who stole painting, her husband charged with cover-up
Patricia Kadgien faces charges for obstructing justice by concealing a WWII-looted painting valued for its historical significance, with over 1,100 stolen works still missing worldwide, prosecutors said.
- Argentine prosecutors charged Patricia Kadgien, daughter of Nazi officer Friedrich Kadgien, with concealing an 18th-century painting stolen during World War II.
- The charge followed an exposé revealing the painting's sudden appearance in a February real estate listing and intensified scrutiny last week as security footage showed removal of the 'for sale' sign.
- Kadgien and her husband Juan Carlos Cortegoso attended a court hearing on September 4, 2025, were under house arrest but then released with travel restrictions while the painting is held by Argentine authorities.
- The painting "Portrait of a Lady" by Giuseppe Ghislandi, which was originally owned by Dutch-Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker and seized during World War II, is the subject of a restitution effort by his heirs, including Marei von Saher, who have initiated legal proceedings to recover the artwork.
- Argentine courts have mandated that the artwork remain exhibited at the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum before it can be moved overseas, reflecting ongoing legal investigations and unresolved issues regarding its ownership.
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MAR DEL PLATA.- No Portrait of a Lady. Patricia Kadgien assures that, when in the early 1990s, she incorporated the painting into the decoration of the living room of her current villa, in the Parque Luro neighborhood, she was called “El Monje” because they presumed that this portrait was of a man, probably a religious. “The work that I owned and exhibited for more than 35 years was my father’s and legitimately possessed,” Kadgien says, accused …
The daughter of a high Nazi just returned a robbery work. Now, due to a posting on the Internet, forerunners are on the trail of another stolen image from the 17th century.
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The Independent (US)Daughter of Nazi officer who looted painting charged with cover-up in Argentina
Patricia Kadgien, 59, and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, 62, have been under house arrest on suspicion of concealing the painting since police raided their home on Monday
The Nazi financial expert once brought the image stolen from a Jewish gallery owner to Argentina. After the painting appeared through a real estate advertisement, the prosecutor's office investigates.
Daughter of Nazi officer who stole painting, her husband charged with cover-up
Prosecutors in Argentina have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official with trying to hide an 18th-century painting from authorities following revelations that it had been stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II
The daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi hierarch who stole artwork in the Netherlands during World War II were charged with "cover-up" in Argentina on Thursday, prosecutors said after an 18th-century painting and 22 prints by Henri Matisse were discovered. Patricia Kadgien, the 58-year-old daughter of Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien, and her 60-year-old husband were charged after handing over an Italian Baroque portrait on Wednesday that had not …
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