Berlin’s state museum group will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a claim filed by the heirs of a consortium of Jewish art dealers over rights to a €200 million hoard of works referred to as the Guelph Treasure.  “The SPK is convinced that this was not a sale under duress due to Nazi persecution,” the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said. “It views these claims as unfounded. Regardless of this, the SPK is of the opinion that this case—concerning a historic transaction between Germans in Germany— shouldn’t be heard in a US court.”

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