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muriel_volestrangler

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1. FAFO: Search for painting looted by Nazis may have found more stolen art
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 02:46 PM
Sep 3
The daughter of a Nazi fugitive is under house arrest after a search of her property failed to find a long-lost stolen painting.

Prosecutors say the looted artwork was no longer at the house, but raids at other properties linked to the family have turned up other pieces that may have been stolen during the war.

Portrait of a Lady, by Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, had been missing for 80 years before it was spotted last month on an estate agent's website, where a photo showed it hanging in a house that had belonged to Patricia Kadgien's late father, Friedrich Kadgien.
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The pair are expected to face a hearing on Thursday, where they will likely be charged with "concealment of theft in the context of genocide", the official added.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx26z142vko

The couple claim they're the rightful owners, but Kadgien senior was a top adviser to Hermann Goring.

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