Argentina investigates former Nazi’s daughter over looted art
Argentina investigates former Nazi’s daughter over looted art
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The daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband are being investigated after Argentinian authorities recovered an iconic painting that had been missing for 80 years. Sean Hogan has more.
Argentine officials said they are probing the daughter of a dead Nazi and her husband after recovering an iconic painting that had been missing for 80 years.
“Portrait of a Lady” a masterpiece by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, was looted from an Amsterdam-based art dealer during World War Two.
Officials on Thursday said Patricia Kadgien, daughter of former Nazi SS officer Friedrich Kadgien, and her husband are under investigation for aggravated concealment.
Here’s federal prosecutor Carlos Martinez:
“The crimes that were being covered up are grave. They are linked to crimes of genocide, theft in the context of genocide, and a systematic plan to appropriate works of art and jewellery perpetrated by the Nazi regime. That was what financed, in a way, the activities of the government and also of the officials who appropriated those works.”
The couple’s defense lawyer denied concealment charges and dismissed claims of obstruction. He said his clients complied fully and were willing to hand over the painting.
The lost art was spotted weeks ago in photo on a real estate listing for a house in Mar del Plata, owned by Patricia Kadgien.
The prosecutor said the couple later took down the online real estate listing and replaced the painting with a tapestry ahead of a police raid.
Police searched properties connected to the couple to find the missing art which authorities announced had been recovered on Wednesday.
Investigators also seized engravings, prints, drawings and two 19th-century paintings, officials said.
If those are determined to have been looted, there could be more charges.
An Argentine judge imposed a 180-day travel ban on the couple, ordering them to surrender their passports, and barred them from leaving their home for more than 24 hours without court approval.
Prosecutors said the art will remain in Argentina, and have requested it be transferred to the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum while its ultimate ownership is determined.
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