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Argentine court orders return of Nazi looted painting to heir
An Argentine court has ordered an elderly couple in Buenos Aires to return a Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller painting, looted by the Nazis in Munich in 1940, to the heir of its original Jewish owner.
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- An Argentine court has ordered the return of a Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller painting looted by the Nazis in 1940
- The painting was found in the possession of an elderly couple in Buenos Aires
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- Sep 5 · 3:30 AM
An Argentine court ordered the return of a Nazi-looted painting to the heir of its original owner, a Jewish art dealer.
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- The exact timeline for the physical transfer of the painting to the rightful heir.
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- Whether the order is final or subject to appeal
- The identities of the heir and the elderly couple, if legally and editorially appropriate to publish
- What documentary or judicial evidence establishes the painting’s ownership and 1940 confiscation history
- Who currently has physical custody of the painting
- The basis and source of the approximately $400,000 valuation
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- Sep 5 · 3:30 AM
An Argentine court ordered the return of a Nazi-looted painting to the heir of its original owner, a Jewish art dealer.
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