by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 17 – Institutions accused of holding art works stolen from the collection of Fritz Grunbaum while he was imprisoned in the Dachau Concentration Camp have had their cases consolidated as they prepare to file motions to dismiss.
On April 17, 2023 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge John G. Koeltl held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
Among those sued are Oberlin College, the Carnegie Institute, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago - and the Republic of Austria, which was not consolidated as it had yet to be served by the US State Department and may assert other defenses, for example, immunity.
For the other defendants, they have until June 8 to answer or move to dismiss. They were reminded that their "good faith" in purchasing may not be a defense.
The Oberlin College case is Reif v. Oberlin College, et al., 23-cv-2108 (Koeltl)
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