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Heirs of the Jewess will return the masterpiece of the XIX century confiscated from her by the Nazis

The Geneva lawyer of the Hebrew heirs, whose collection of works of art was seized by the French pro-Nazi regime during World War II, declared on October 2, 2017 that they were "completely satisfied" with the deal to return a picture of the English master of the 19th century, John Constable.

Mark André Renold said that the successors of Anna Jaffe hope to return "View of Dedham from Langham" at the end of this month, after last week officials of the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds approved the transfer of the painting from the Museum of Fine Arts of this city . This arrangement results from the obligation to transfer 80,000 euros (about 94,000 US dollars) from the French-created fund for reparations to the victims of the anti-Semitic laws of the pro-Nazi Vichy government.

The painting, which costs about 1 million Swiss francs (about 1 million US dollars), was confiscated from the house of Jaffe after her death at the age of 90 in 1942.


23:39 05.10.2017