The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nazi-looted-art/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:14:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Nazi-looted art | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nazi-looted-art/ 32 32 LA Federation sues museum for custody of looted paintings once hoarded by Hermann Göring https://www.timesofisrael.com/la-federation-sues-museum-for-custody-of-looted-paintings-once-hoarded-by-hermann-goring/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:43:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3898635 Pasadena museum taken to court over Adam and Eve diptych; separately, Holocaust survivor's daughters sue Auschwitz Museum for watercolors she was forced to paint for Josef Mengele

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]]> Argentina ordered to return Nazi-looted painting to Jewish Dutch collector’s heir https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-ordered-to-return-nazi-looted-painting-to-jewish-dutch-collectors-heir/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:51:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3891413 Patricia Kadgien, whose father was high-ranking Nazi Friedrich Kadgien, agrees to return the painting to sole heir, Marei von Saher, and give some $3,200 to local hospitals

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]]> Art looted from Jewish collector hanging in home of Dutch SS leader’s family, sleuth says https://www.timesofisrael.com/art-looted-from-jewish-collector-hanging-in-home-of-dutch-ss-leaders-family-sleuth-says/ Mon, 11 May 2026 08:19:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3820794 Discovery made when descendant of Nazi collaborator revealed 'Portrait of a Young Girl' by Toon Kelder was displayed in relative's hallway; theft has passed statute of limitations

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]]> New gallery at Paris museum reckons with French role in Nazi art looting https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-gallery-at-paris-museum-reckons-with-french-role-in-nazi-art-looting/ Wed, 06 May 2026 03:47:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3817306 Musée d’Orsay displays works that have been unclaimed since the Nazis obtained them during WWII, when the art market in Paris grew rich on the looted property of slaughtered Jews

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]]> 300-year-old Nazi-looted Stradivarius said to reappear in France https://www.timesofisrael.com/300-year-old-nazi-looted-violin-worth-10-million-said-to-reappear-in-france/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:42:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3809164 Experts believe violin made by iconic Italian luthier in 1719 was stolen by German soldiers from Warsaw museum in 1944

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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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]]> Court orders Nazi-looted Modigliani painting be returned to Jewish art dealer’s estate https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-orders-nazi-looted-modigliani-painting-be-returned-to-jewish-art-dealers-estate/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:50:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3795133 After 11-year case, NY judge rules $25 million painting kept in storage in Switzerland is same one Germans seized from Oscar Stettiner's Paris shop in WWII

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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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]]> How a Dutch retiree helped uncover Nazi-stolen art in Argentina https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-dutch-retiree-helped-uncover-nazi-stolen-art-in-argentina/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:43:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3662141 Working from his father's wartime diaries, Paul Post tracked down painting looted during the Holocaust to Argentina, in possession of daughter of high-ranking Nazi official

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]]> Ohio auction house halts sale of ‘unclaimed’ paintings Nazis took from Jewish owner https://www.timesofisrael.com/ohio-auction-house-halts-sale-of-unclaimed-paintings-nazis-took-from-jewish-owner/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:48:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3642934 Art restitution organization, responding to tip-off, researched works by Ambrosius Bosschaert and discovered they belonged to family of German Jewish collector Adolphe Schloss

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]]> Argentina recovers Nazi-looted painting that went missing after being spotted in property ad https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-recovers-nazi-looted-painting-that-went-missing-after-being-spotted-in-property-ad/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:27:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3633797 Argentine prosecutors say 'Portrait of a Lady' was returned by lawyer of senior SS officer's daughter; art expert assesses that the piece is 'in good condition for its age'

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]]> Two held after Nazi-looted painting shows up in ad for Argentina house sale https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-arrests-daughter-son-in-law-of-hitlers-financial-adviser-over-looted-painting/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:48:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3632923 Daughter and husband of Hitler's financial adviser arrested, but 'Portrait of a Lady,' plundered from Amsterdam art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has since disappeared

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]]> Argentina arrests daughter, son-in-law of Hitler’s financial adviser over looted painting https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-arrests-daughter-son-in-law-of-hitlers-financial-adviser-over-looted-painting/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:50:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3632919 Cops seize two other artworks amid searches but fail to find 'Portrait of a Lady,' which has been missing since for-sale notice revealed it was in Nazi fugitive Friedrich Kadgien's home

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]]> Looted painting vanishes after being seen in Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad https://www.timesofisrael.com/looted-painting-vanishes-after-being-seen-in-nazis-daughters-real-estate-ad/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:09:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3628300 Friedrich Kadgien's daughter evades questions from journalist who spotted artwork, immediately removes ad and changes name on Instagram

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]]> Swiss museum reaches deal to keep Gauguin work sold by Jews fleeing Nazi Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/swiss-museum-reaches-deal-to-keep-gauguin-work-sold-by-jews-fleeing-nazi-germany/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:09:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3584646 French master's 1884 'The Street' is one of five originally Jewish-owned works removed by Kunsthaus Zurich that were looted or sold under duress and swept up by German arms dealer

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