Seven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich.
Works of art by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele are on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, during a ceremony returning the pieces to the heirs of Fritz Grnbaum, a well-known cabaret performer who was arrested in 1938 and later died in the Dachau concentration camp.
“Your recovery of these artworks reminds us once again that history's largest mass murder has long concealed history's greatest robbery,” Timothy Reif, Grünbaum's great-grandnephew and a federal judge in New York City, said of the state and federal authorities who made the handover possible. Grünbaum, who was also an actor and music writer, used the stage to throw barbs at the Nazi regime. Arrested in 1938, he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp, where he died three years later.when a New York judge ruled that two works by Schiele had to be turned over to Grünbaum’s heirs under the Holocaust Expropriated Recovery Act, passed by Congress in 2016.
Two of the pieces returned Wednesday to Grünbaum’s family were voluntarily given back by New York City's Museum of Modern Art. The DA’s office said the museums agreed to let go of the pieces “after they were presented with evidence that they were stolen by the Nazis.” “Billions worth of looted assets remain in the wrong hands today, while families are forced to fight uphill battles against powerful institutions to recover their legacies,” Schaecter said in a statement.
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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the HolocaustSeven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich
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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the HolocaustSeven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich.
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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the HolocaustSeven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich
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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the HolocaustSeven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich.
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Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the HolocaustSeven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich.
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