US EditionSupreme Court Orders Reconsideration of Nazi-Looted Painting Case
- The U.S. Supreme Court revived a family’s claim to recover Camille Pissarro’s painting, previously stolen by the Nazis, under a new California law protecting heirs of Holocaust survivors.
- The painting, now held by the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, was once owned by Lilly Cassirer Neubauer, a Jewish woman who surrendered it to the Nazis.
- David Cassirer, great-grandson of the painting's original owner, expressed gratitude to the U.S. Supreme Court for applying principles of right and wrong in the matter.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that the legal framework surrounding stolen Holocaust art must balance moral claims and ownership issues to ensure justice for families affected.
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US Supreme Court Decision Reopens Family’s Efforts to Recover Nazi-Stolen Painting Worth Millions
A ruling by the US Supreme Court on Monday has restarted a fight over the ownership of artist Camille Pissarro's 1897 oil painting "Rue Saint-Honoré, in the afternoon. Effect of rain," a work stolen by the Nazi regime and now hanging in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. Citing a new California law, the justices reversed the decision
Supreme Court boosts effort by family of California man to reclaim Nazi-looted painting
A 20-year legal odyssey seeking the return of a Nazi-looted painting that once belonged to the German Jewish family of a former La Mesa resident endured its latest twist Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an appellate court to reconsider the fate of the artwork. The ruling is a win — for now — for the family of Claude Cassirer, a longtime La Mesa resident who died in 2010, five years after he first sued for the return of French artist Ca…
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