Supreme Court weighs heirs' claims over forced Jewish art sales during Nazi era
A medieval cross, part of the Guelph Treasure collection, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Heirs of several Nazi-era Jewish art dealers have spent nearly a decade trying to persuade German officials to return it. Two years after Adolf Hitler took power in Germany, the Nazis achieved one of their cultural goals: the return of the Guelph Treasure, a collection of medieval Christian relics. Under pressure from Hitler's deputy Hermann Goering, a consortium of Jewish art dealers agreed to sell the collection to the Prussian State ...
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