For the Media

Letters from Congress

From the Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, January 8, 2008

From the Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, September 17, 2007

From Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey, June 14, 2007

Press Releases

U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Holocaust Looted Art Case Against Hungary Can Proceed in its Entirety

Federal Court Rejects Hungary’s Motion to Dismiss and Delivers Key Victory to Herzog Heirs in Holocaust Looted Art Case

Plaintiffs Respond to Hungary’s Meritless Motion to Dismiss in Holocaust Looted Art Case

Hungary’s Response to Herzog Collection Lawsuit Avoids the Case’s Merits

Lawsuit Over $100 Million Art Collection Illegally Held by Hungary Will Resolve Largest Holocaust Art Claim

Press Backgrounder on Herzog Family and Artwork

Interviews and Statements

Martha Nierenberg, granddaughter of Baron Mór Lipót Herzog, discusses her family, the art, and the Holocaust:

Part 1: Who was Martha’s Grandfather, Baron Mór Lipót Herzog?
Part 2: Who is Martha’s Nephew, David de Csepel?
Part 3: Martha’s Favorite Artworks
Part 4: Herzog Family Members in the Holocaust
Part 5: Herzog Collection in Hungarian Museums
Part 6: What Happened to the Herzog Family’s Art Collection?
Part 7: Life in Hungary
Part 8: Martha’s Memories of Home and the Art Collection
Part 9: Importance of Art to the Herzog Family
Part 10: Surviving the Holocaust

Statement of Martha Nierenberg before the US House of Representatives, Febr. 11, 2000

Statement of Martha Nierenberg’s before the European Parliament, March 18, 2003

In the News

Heirs of Nazi-looted art collection can sue Hungarian museums in US courts, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
Herzog Heirs Win Again in Fight Over Art Seized During Holocaust, Bloomberg
Hungary Sued in Holocaust Art Claim, NY Times
Jewish banker’s heirs sue Hungary for return of looted art, LA Times
Hungary sued over art looted during Holocaust, AP
Jewish collector’s heirs sue Hungary for return of art works, AFP
Family of art collector sues Hungary over Nazi loot, BBC News
Holocaust-era art theft suit demands report on Hungary, Jerusalem Post
Hungary Hit with Enormous Nazi Loot Claim, ARTINFO
Hungary sued in $100m restitution claim, The Art Newspaper
Eastern Europe under spotlight on art restitution, AP
Herzog Trial: The Court Procedures Might Last Up to 10 Years in America, MTI (translated from Hungarian)
The List Is Not Public, Nepszabadsag (translated from Hungarian)
Roadblocks Remain in Case of Paintings Lost to Nazis, NY Times
Jewish collector’s heirs can proceed with suit against Hungary for art seized in Holocaust, AP
Judge Allows Suit Against Hungary Over Artworks to Proceed, NY Times
Federal Judge Rules Hungary Can Be Sued for Return of Art Seized by Nazis, National Law Journal
For a New Yorker, Immunity Bill Could Be New Obstacle  in Battle for Family’s Lost Art, WNYC
Reclaiming Lost Treasures, ARTnews (Poland has returned the Courbet landscape referenced in this article)
Appellate court says case against Hungary over looted artwork can proceed, Los Angeles Times
D.C. Circuit leaves no easy out for Hungary in Nazi art recovery suit, Thomson Reuters News & Insights

Additional Resources

International Comity and the Herzog Litigation

Hungarian Holocaust Bibliography

Hungarian Holocaust Timeline

The Hear Act

• New Shoah Art Law Gets First Court Test, Stewart Ain, NY Jewish Week, March 15,2017
• Obama Signs New Law to Help Recover Nazi-Looted Art, Max Kutner, Newsweek, December 21, 2016
• New law will speed recovery of art lost to Nazi looting, The Washington Post, December 16, 2016
• U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Facilitate Restitution of Expropriated Art, News of the Art World, December 14, 2016
• Nazi-Looted Art Legislation Nears Passage Into Law, The Weekly Standard, December 13, 2016
• Reclaiming Nazi-Looted Art Is About to Get Easier, Smithsonian Magazine, December 12, 2016
• Holocaust Survivors Score Victory in Reclaiming Stolen Art, MSN, December 11, 2016
• National briefs: Holocaust survivors score victory in reclaiming stolen art, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 11, 2016
• Bill To Recover Nazi-Looted Art Passes Senate, Jewish Daily Forward, December 11, 2016
• US Senate passes bill to help recover Nazi-looted art, The Jerusalem Post, December 11, 2016
• Holocaust Survivors Score Victory in Reclaiming Stolen Art, Emmarie Huetteman, The New York Times, December 10, 2016
• Senate to vote on Holocaust restitution bill in a race against the clock, The Art Newspaper, December 9, 2016
• Victims of Nazi Art theft need Congress to HEAR, Ambassador Ronald Lauder, The Hill, December 1, 2016
• Will Victims of Nazi Art Thieves Finally Get Justice?, Liz Mair, The Daily Beast, September 17, 2016
• Families that lost art to Nazis could get help under bill advancing in Senate, Jordan Rudner, The Dallas Morning News, September 16, 2016
• Senate Bill Would Speed Recovery of Art Lost to Nazi Looting, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press, September 15, 2016
• Senate panel approves Nazi-stolen art recovery bill, Tim Devaney, The Hill, September 15, 2016
• Nazi-Looted Art Legislation Advances in Senate, Alice B. Lloyd, The Weekly Standard, September 15, 2016
• Art museums win protection for borrowed art, Isaac Arnsdorf, Politico Influence, September 15, 2016
• Nazi-Looted Art Restored Through Passage of HEAR Act, Menachem Rephun, JP Updates, September 15, 2016
• Hearing the HEAR Act, Alice B. Lloyd, The Weekly Standard, June 8, 2016
• Senate Bill Would Help Recover Art Stolen by Nazis, Emmarie Huetteman, New York Times, June 7, 2016
• Helen Mirren Joins Ted Cruz to Push for Return of Art Stolen by Nazis, Max Kutner, Newsweek, June 7, 2016
• Helen Mirren, Lawmakers Push to Recover Art Stolen by Nazis, Halimah Abdullah, NBC News, June 7, 2016
• Senate holds hearing for bill to help Holocaust survivors recover looted art , Danielle Ziri, The Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2016
• Helen Mirren Testifies in Senate Hearing, Associated Press (Video), USA Today, June 7, 2016
• Bill would help families recover artwork looted by Nazis, Brian Tumulty, USA Today, June 6, 2016
• HEAR Them Out, Alice B. Lloyd, The Weekly Standard, May 18, 2016
• Ted Cruz cosponsors bill with New York Democrat to recover Nazi-confiscated art, Reena Flores, CBS News, April 7, 2016