The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust-restitution/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:29:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Holocaust restitution | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust-restitution/ 32 32 Number of Nazi victims’ descendants given German citizenship jumped 61% in 2025 https://www.timesofisrael.com/number-of-nazi-victims-descendants-given-german-citizenship-jumped-61-in-2025/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:01:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3836240 Federal authority figures show 12,000 people gained citizenship under restitution laws, though unclear how many were Jews; one in five people naturalized in 2025 was Syrian

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]]> US scraps deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, paving way for new restitution efforts https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-scraps-deadline-for-holocaust-looted-art-claims-paving-way-for-new-restitution-efforts/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:41:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3802540 Trump signs law expanding 2016 HEAR act, canceling sunset clause and barring artworks' current owners from using certain legal tactics, such as switching courts

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]]> US judge rejects bid by Swiss Bank UBS to limit its liability for Nazi-linked crimes https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-judge-rejects-bid-by-swiss-bank-ubs-to-limit-its-liability-for-nazi-linked-crimes/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:38:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3797243 Banking giant had sought to expand $1.25 billion settlement from 1999 to encompass newly discovered ties between Nazi officials and UBS-owned Credit Suisse

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]]> French film ‘Auction’ revisits thrilling tussle over real-life Nazi-looted masterpiece https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-film-auction-revisits-thrilling-tussle-over-real-life-nazi-looted-masterpiece/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 05:10:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3675603 In US theaters Oct. 29, Jewish director Pascal Bonitzer's latest feature centers on a $21 million painting by Egon Schiele that went missing in WWII and turned up on a small town wall

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]]> German government pledges record $1 billion in funding for Holocaust survivor home care https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-government-pledges-record-1-billion-in-funding-for-holocaust-survivor-home-care/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:27:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3676243 The budget reflects the growing needs of an aging survivor population and will now enable all Holocaust survivors on waitlists for home care to receive it

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]]> David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor and advocate who founded Miami memorial, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/david-schaecter-holocaust-survivor-and-advocate-who-founded-miami-memorial-dies-at-96/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:32:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3635039 Well-known activist lost 105 relatives during the Holocaust and spent his life pushing for restitution, Holocaust education and vigilance against antisemitism

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]]> In 1938, an Austrian Nazi family looted a Jewish home. Their heirs connect over a table https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-1938-an-austrian-nazi-family-looted-a-jewish-home-their-heirs-connect-over-a-table/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:08:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3622669 After a woman unearthed a dark family history while cleaning her attic, she took steps to make things right - highlighting systemic problems with Austria's Holocaust restitution policies

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]]> Rabbi evicted from Krakow home once owned by Jews murdered in Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-evicted-from-krakow-home-once-owned-by-jews-murdered-in-holocaust/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:32:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3625978 Tanya Segal, Poland’s first female rabbi, loses her apartment in building featured in 'Schindler’s List' thanks to Poland’s lack of Holocaust restitution laws

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]]> Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts hurt US Holocaust survivors, advocates say https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-social-security-administration-cuts-hurt-us-holocaust-survivors-advocates-say/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:39:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3586031 Attorneys say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause survivors in their 80s and 90s to lose their benefits

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]]> 87 years on, German gallery returns stolen portraits to heirs of Jewish art dealer https://www.timesofisrael.com/87-years-on-german-gallery-returns-stolen-portraits-to-heirs-of-jewish-art-dealer/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:02:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3495090 Nazis seized Bruno Cassirer's prestigious publishing house and art gallery in 1938; works by Max Liebermann and Max Slevogt will be displayed in a national museum

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]]> Unrepentant Nazi art thief who stole Jews’ art from ‘still warm walls’ focus of new film https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrepentant-nazi-art-thief-who-stole-jews-art-from-still-warm-walls-focus-of-new-film/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:23:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3486043 Airing Feb. 19 on PBS, 'Plunderer' chronicles the life of Bruno Lohse, who amassed a collection worth millions while looting the homes of Jews for his boss Hermann Goering during WWII

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]]> German woman who lives in home looted from Jews must give it up, judge rules https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-woman-who-lives-in-home-looted-from-jews-must-give-it-up-judge-rules/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:24:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3450438 Capping a decade of legal wrangling, the ruling has exposed the complex stories German families tell themselves about the Holocaust, and societal ambivalence towards the victims

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]]> Jewelry seized from Poles in Nazi concentration camps returned to families https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seized-from-poles-in-nazi-concentration-camps-returned-to-families/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:27:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3373827 Germany's Arolsen Archives hands over Stanislawa Wasilewska's bracelet, watch and crucifixes to her grandson and great-granddaughter at an emotional ceremony in Warsaw

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]]> Swiss museum to remove five paintings linked to Nazi looting https://www.timesofisrael.com/swiss-museum-to-remove-five-paintings-linked-to-nazi-looting/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:53:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3312036 Paintings come from collection of Emil Buhrle, a German-born arms dealer who made his fortune during World War II; museum working to to trace descendants of rightful owners

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]]> In shift, Latvia and Lithuania to pay Holocaust survivors, heirs for stolen property https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-shift-latvia-and-lithuania-to-pay-holocaust-survivors-heirs-for-stolen-property/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:10:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3182522 Countries open up limited time slots to apply for restitution, after decades of Soviet rule prevented compensation for Nazi massacres

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