Kossak painting returned to heirs of the Petschek family (Q104992075)
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news article about restitution of Nazi looted art by Lindenau-Museum that occurred in Nov 2019
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Kossak painting returned to heirs of the Petschek family |
news article about restitution of Nazi looted art by Lindenau-Museum that occurred in Nov 2019 |
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Kossak painting returned to heirs of the Petschek family (English)
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The painting once hung in the breakfast room of the Petschek family home in Aussig (now Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic). When they fled from the Nazi regime in September 1938, the Petscheks were forced to leave virtually all of their personal possessions behind, including this painting. All the family’s property was expropriated in 1939. This picture, along with other artistic objects and furniture, were brought to Berlin, where in May 1941 they were auctioned “by order of the Authority”—i.e. for the benefit of the German Reich—by the Union auction house. (English)