Germany Approves Tribunal to Decide Nazi-Looted Art Claims.

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The new body will be easier to access and its decisions will be legally binding. But some lawyers and Jewish heirs are not happy with the reform.

Germany’s government on Wednesday approved a reform to help the heirs of Jewish collectors recover Nazi-looted art, introducing a binding arbitration tribunal to adjudicate claims. The new body replaces an advisory panel, whose decisions could not be legally enforced.

The new system, the result of lengthy negotiations between Germany’s federal government and its 16 states, allows claimants to bring cases without the agreement of a disputed artwork’s current holder. Under the previous system, that consent was required before the advisory panel could consider a claim.

“We are making the restitution of Nazi-looted art easier, particularly by introducing unilateral access to arbitration,” Claudia Roth, Germany’s culture minister, said in a statement. “We are also creating more legal security and a more binding system.”'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/arts/germany-nazi-looted-art-restitution-panel.html

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