Painting Allegedly Looted By Nazi Fugitive Resurfaces In The Wildest Way
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) -Arjantin Police, II. After World War II, a Jewish collector who settled in Argentina after 80 years ago by a Jewish collector, believed to be plundered by a Jewish collector, as part of the Italian portrait of the 17th century, raided a quiet villa in a quiet coastal town.
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Under the Argentine Juan Perón Government, which lasted from 1946 to 1955, the fascists of the fascist German fascists GOVERNED Jewish Property Gold, bank deposits, paintings, sculptures and furniture, including the other side of the world with them.
. The fate of these elements continues to receive news after decades While the painful return process is dragging in Argentina and beyond.
Dutch reporters see the masterpiece looted in a real estate ad
In this case, the missing painting in pursuit of Argentine officials is an “Portrait of Lady olan, a painting of Italian Baroque artist Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi.
The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad journalists saw what was a famous painting on Monday for a house that was believed to have descended from Nazi smuggler Friedrich Kadgien on Monday.
Rotterdam -based article referring to Dutch art experts, the original “Portrait of a Ladies” Argentina coastal town Mar del Plata for sale in a rustic brick mountain house for sale in a green velvet sofa in the living room reported.
Real Estate Agency Robles Casas & Campos did not respond to the request for comments. The list of houses still lived late on Tuesday, but the first portrait of the portrait seen on the 3D round of the interior of the house seems to have been removed. The next day Argentina officials raided the house.
Federal prosecutor Carlos Martínez said that the picture was not at home to Associated Press, but that officers seized other elements that may be useful for investigation, such as weapons, some engravings, pressures and period reproductions ”. He said the inspectors examined possible confidentiality and smuggling charges.
A ‘Portrait of a Lady’ was taken from a Jewish art seller in Amsterdam in occupied
The official Dutch database of the Missing World War of the Second World War, protected by the Netherlands’ Cultural Heritage Agency, describes the “Portrait of a Lady” oil as a Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, a Netherlands Jewish art dealer before the Nazi took over the Nazi gallery. Germany invaded the Netherlands May 1940.
Agents acting on behalf of the Nazis through direct looting or compelling sales It was done with numerous artworks Private Dutch Jewish dealers. Goudstikker’s inventory was sold illegally Hermann GoeringHe is known as Adolf Hitler’s right -hand man.
Goudstikker Just survived varicose veinsMarei von saher, He’s been reimbursing for a long time For the stolen works of his father -in -law. In a turning point in the 2006 case, the Dutch government agreed to return 202 looted pictures after a long -lasting legal war from Goudstikker’s collection.
Von Sahar did not respond immediately to the request for comments through his lawyers.
Historical Sources connect the portrait to a Nazi smuggler
The Netherlands archive lists the “Portrait of a Lady” by passing into the hands of a man named Kadgien from Berlin.
The investigation of German federal archives records the existence of only a Nazi party member with this surname: Friedrich Gustav Kadgien, membership No. 1,354,543, foreign currency, precious metals and seized property as a financial assistance.
Following the German defeat, Kadgien fled to Switzerland and then to Argentina, according to an unpretentious report of the Central Intelligence Agency. Members of the Kadgien family and business agreements have been revealed many times in Argentine judicial and property records since the 1950s.
Kadgien has never been accused of crimes related to the Nazi regime for decades in Argentina. According to local media reports, he died in 1978 in Buenos Aires.
