An epic legal affair involving artworks looted by the Nazi regime drew to a close on Wednesday in Lower Manhattan, where the works were handed over to the descendants of a Jewish collector who was murdered during the Holocaust. The artworks, by the renowned Austrian artist Egon Schiele, were forcibly taken from Fritz Grünbaum, a …
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7 Artworks, Seized by Nazis, Returned to Descendants in NY
An epic legal affair involving artworks looted by the Nazi regime drew to a close on Wednesday in Lower Manhattan, where the works were handed over to the descendants of a Jewish collector who was murdered during the Holocaust. The artworks, by the renowned Austrian artist Egon Schiele, were forcibly taken from Fritz Grünbaum, a …
You Never Know with Genealogy
September 22, 2023 One of my favorite parts of genealogy is its unpredictability. You never know exactly what you might find when you sit down to research. Maybe today will be the day that a distant cousin reaches out to you. Perhaps someone will respond to a twenty-year old post. If, like me, …