Lawrence M. Kaye

  • A visitor to the Leopold Museum looks at the painting by Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele “Dead City III (1911)” in Vienna, Austria on February 2, 2024. The recent restitution of several Nazi-plundered works by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the heirs of the former Jewish owner, has shone a spotlight on Austria’s most prestigious museum collections. The descendants of Fritz Gruenbaum — an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust — are pursuing twelve Schiele pieces housed in Viennese museums. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    We help Holocaust victims and their heirs recover Nazi-looted art. Here’s how the lessons we’ve learned can help Ukraine reclaim its cultural property stolen by Russia

    By Howard N. Spiegler and Lawrence M. Kaye