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The restitution claim was the first of its kind in the United States and as such gained considerable legal and media attention. In addition to concerning the theft of artwork by a Nazi looting organisation in a country occupied by Nazi
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the Nazis from her collection and requesting its return. List, who said he had bought the painting from Perls
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