US court dismisses Nazi-era Guelph Treasure art dispute

The Welfenkreuz Vorderseite, a cross from the Guelph Treasure, photographed on display at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin in 2009. A U.S. court ruled it does not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit regarding the ownership of the Guelph Treasure, which was sold in 1935 by Jewish art dealers; their heirs claim the transaction was forced by pressure from the Nazi regime. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit User:FA2010, who released the work into the public domain.
The Welfenkreuz Vorderseite, a cross from the Guelph Treasure, photographed on display at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin in 2009. A U.S. court ruled it does not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit regarding the ownership of the Guelph Treasure, which was sold in 1935 by Jewish art dealers; their heirs claim the transaction was forced by pressure from the Nazi regime. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit User:FA2010, who released the work into the public domain.

The Welfenkreuz Vorderseite, a cross from the Guelph Treasure, photographed on display at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin in 2009. A U.S. court ruled it does not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit regarding the ownership of the Guelph Treasure, which was sold in 1935 by Jewish art dealers; their heirs claim the transaction was forced by pressure from the Nazi regime. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit User:FA2010, who released the work into the public domain.

BERLIN (AP) – An American court has thrown out a lawsuit against a German museum foundation about a medieval treasure trove that was filed by heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers, saying that the U.S. lacked jurisdiction to hear such a lawsuit.

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