Brief Amicus Curiae Filed in Grosz v. The Museum of Modern Art (Moma), 10-257-Cv (2d Cir.), of American Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Yehuda Bauer, Michael J. Bazyler, Bernard Dov Beliak, Michael Berenbaum, Donald S. Burris, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, Talbert D’Alemberte, Marion F. Desmukh, Hedy Epstein, Hector Feliciano, Irving Greenberg, Grace Cohen Grossman, Marcia Sachs Littell, Hubert G. Locke, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Arthur R. Miller, Carol Rittner, John K. Roth, Lucille A. Roussin, William L. Shulman, Stephen D. Smith and Fritz Weinschenk, in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and Reversal

70 Pages Posted: 23 Jun 2010 Last revised: 2 Jun 2011

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Edward Gaffney

Valparaiso University

Lucille A. Roussin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Charles A. Goldstein

Herrick, Feinstein LLP

Jennifer Anglim Kreder

Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Date Written: June 22, 2010

Abstract

Some American museums and others have managed to convince our federal courts that claims to Nazi-looted art are not worthy of treatment on the merits – grossly distorting the historical record and gutting executive policy since 1943 (culminating in the 1998 Washington Principles and 2009 Terezin Declaration, which call for ADR based on the merits, not procedural technicalities) in the process. Some courts seem to have been convinced that enemies of the Third Reich could all freely engage in voluntary property and business transactions up until the passage of the Nuremberg Laws or even as late as 1938. This brief uses irrefutable historical evidence to demonstrate the falsity of this position and that the art world had contemporary knowledge of the massive infection of the art market with “flight art” starting in 1933.

Keywords: Jentsch, Lowry, AAMD, AAM, MoMA, Nazi, Holocaust, Loot, Executive, Separation of Powers, History, Historical, Flight Art, ADR, 408, Flight Art, German, Germany, Austria, Grosz, ALIU, Art Looting Investigation Unit, Red Flag Name, Jew, Nuremberg, Washington Principles, Vilnius, Terezin, Eizenstat

Suggested Citation

Gaffney, Edward and Roussin, Lucille A. and Goldstein, Charles A. and Kreder, Jennifer Anglim, Brief Amicus Curiae Filed in Grosz v. The Museum of Modern Art (Moma), 10-257-Cv (2d Cir.), of American Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Yehuda Bauer, Michael J. Bazyler, Bernard Dov Beliak, Michael Berenbaum, Donald S. Burris, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, Talbert D’Alemberte, Marion F. Desmukh, Hedy Epstein, Hector Feliciano, Irving Greenberg, Grace Cohen Grossman, Marcia Sachs Littell, Hubert G. Locke, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Arthur R. Miller, Carol Rittner, John K. Roth, Lucille A. Roussin, William L. Shulman, Stephen D. Smith and Fritz Weinschenk, in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and Reversal (June 22, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1628670 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1628670

Edward Gaffney

Valparaiso University ( email )

Valparaiso, IN 46383
United States

Lucille A. Roussin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Charles A. Goldstein

Herrick, Feinstein LLP ( email )

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Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law ( email )

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