Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims sue California museum over Nazi-looted art

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  Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims sue California museum over Nazi-looted art

  <p>Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum holds 16th-century paintings stolen by the Nazis during the second world war</p><p>Jewish heirs of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/holocaust">Holocaust</a> victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> staking their claims to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nazism">Nazi</a>-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> and Auschwitz.</p><p>This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the recent passage of laws by California and the US Congress, which strengthen US-based claims to artwork that were forcibly taken from Jewish families during the second world war.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/19/lawsuit-california-museum-nazi-looted-art">Continue reading...</a>

  Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:52:24 GMT

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1. 2026-09-19 14:52The Guardian — Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims sue California museum over Nazi-looted art