The Cassirer family will appeal the ruling of a California court regarding the Pissarro del Thyssen

2024-01-10 19:11:07
The lawyer representing the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) and the Jewish Community of Madrid – in support of the Cassirer family -, in the case of the Camille Pissarro painting supposedly looted by the Nazis in the Second World War (‘ Rue Saint-Honoré in the afternoon. Rain effect’ ), has announced that the Cassirer family will appeal the decision of the American appeals court by which the work will finally remain in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. «The Cassirer family has already said publicly that they are going to continue appealing, so there is a lot of cloth to cut and years of battle ahead,» explains Bernardo Cremades Jr., of the B. Cremades & Asociados law firm, describing the court’s decision as « disappointing ». «In some way, it comes to saying that the interests of Spain are superior to those of California in this dispute and, therefore, Spanish law must be applied to the substance of the matter, which includes acquisitive prescription and, therefore, the argument which says that it would have consolidated the property,” adds Cremades. Related News standard No Victory for the Thyssen: the Pissarro looted by the Nazis will stay in Madrid Javier Ansorena After almost two decades of judicial battle, one of the jewels of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, claimed by the heirs of the looted Jewish collector, is will remain in the capital However, for the lawyer the sentence “omits” the fact that it is “protecting that someone – or a State, which is much worse – keeps art stolen or looted by the Nazis, against all international conventions. Furthermore, he has highlighted the “dissenting” vote by one of the judges in the sentence. “It is very interesting, since Judge Callaghan basically says that what Spain is doing is immoral and that it is failing to comply with its international commitments, so it should voluntarily return the painting,” he remarked, and then reiterated the intention to continue with the appeals. before other instances. “There is a double appeal still possible, both to the full Court of Appeals and later to the Supreme Court of the United States,” she adds.
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