A lawsuit seeking return of a collection of artifacts, some dating back over 1,000 years, was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The claims are brought by heirs of Jewish art dealers that claim that in 1935 their ancestors were forced to sell the “Welfenschatz” collection to Nazis under duress and under-valued. The collection’s current estimated value is between $225 million and $275 million, and was recently designated as a national cultural asset by the German government.
See Leila Boulton, Germany Sued Over Medieval Artifacts Sold to Nazis, Private Wealth, March 3, 2015.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.
