Bill would facilitate claims on art stolen by Nazis
Published April 10, 2016
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would redress claims on art stolen by Nazis frustrated by statutes of limitations.
The bill was introduced last week by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is running for the presidency, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act “will empower the victims of this horrific persecution, and help ensure that our legal system does everything it can to redress the widespread looting of cultural property by the Third Reich as part of its genocidal campaign against the Jewish people and other groups,” Cruz said in a statement.
The bill would reset the statute of limitations, making it six years from the date that the art in question is identified and located, and from when the claimant has shown evidence of possession of the art.
