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Originally published on February 3, 2021 8:04 pm The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Germany on Wednesday in a dispute over artworks obtained by the Nazis from German Jewish collectors in 1935. The court unanimously rejected a lower court ruling that had allowed the heirs of the onetime owners to proceed with their claim that the sale had been coerced. At the center of the case is the Guelph Treasure, one of the most famous collections of medieval artifacts in existence. Now valued at $250 million, it has long been on display in a German state museum in Berlin. Jed Leiber, one of the heirs, claims his grandfather and the other two owners of the collection were forced by the Nazis to sell for a fraction of the collection s value. ....
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Supreme Court Says Germany Can t Be Sued In Nazi-Era Art Case at 1:56 pm NPR The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Germany Wednesday in a dispute over artworks obtained by the Nazis from German Jewish collectors in 1935. The court unanimously rejected a lower court ruling that had allowed the heirs of the one-time owners to proceed with their claim that the sale had been coerced. At the center of the case is the so-called Guelph treasure, one of the most famous collections of medieval artifacts in existence. Now valued at $250 million, it has long been on display in a German state museum in Berlin. ....
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Supreme Court to Determine If Jews Can Recover Art Allegedly Stolen By Nazis Aaron Bandler is a staff writer for the Jewish Journal, mainly covering anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias. Originally from the Bay Area, his past work experience includes writing for The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and Townhall. US soldiers carrying some of the priceless collection of paintings discovered in an Austrian castle.(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) A Supreme Court case that began on December 7 will determine if American Jews are able to recover art that was part of an alleged forced sale to the Nazis. The case, Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, centers around the Guelph Treasure, which is a collection of Medieval-era Christian art, The Los Angeles Times reported. A group of Jewish art dealers purchased the art collection in 1929 but were allegedly forced by the Nazis to sell the art in 1935 to the Prussian State Museum for about a third of its value. Most of the art coll ....