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Supreme 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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The Mercury news

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…

7 hours ago·San Jose, United States

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Euronews

US Supreme Court revives case around ownership of Nazi-looted painting

The case surrounding the ownership of a painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman has been ongoing for twenty years.

7 hours ago·France

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San Diego Union Tribune

Supreme Court boosts effort by family of former La Mesa man to reclaim Nazi-looted painting

18 hours ago·San Diego, United States

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The US high court revives a case around Nazi-looted impressionist painting in Spanish museum

The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a case that could decide the ownership of a French impressionist painting that was once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman.

20 hours ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Supreme Court revives Jewish family’s quest for painting looted by Nazis

The Cassirer family of California is hoping to finally reclaim a Camille Pissarro painting potentially worth tens of millions.

20 hours ago

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Eldiario.es

The U.S. Supreme Court approaches the Cassirer el Pissarro family that was robbed by the Nazis and bought by Thyssen

The court has overturned the ruling which ruled that the painting 'Rue Saint-Honoré in the afternoon. Rain effect', removed in 1939 by the Nazis, was owned by the Thyssen Museum, whose collection it belongs to since 1993The Spanish family and Jewish community appeal to the Supreme of the United States for Spain to return the Pissarro spoliated by the Nazis The ruling issued by an American appellate court confirming that a painting of Camille Pis…

1 day ago·Spain

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