Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2012
Nazi-looted-art restitution cases
The SPK returned four works by Edvard Munch and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to the heirs of Curt Glaser, a Jewish collector and art historian persecuted by the Nazi regime. The case formed part of broader scrutiny of the provenance of works held by German cultural institutions.
Guelph Treasure litigation
The foundation was a defendant in litigation concerning the Guelph Treasure. It argued that the transaction involving a consortium of Jewish dealers and Hermann Göring was not conducted under duress and that the claim should not proceed in a United States court because of protections under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.