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    Maria Altmann

    Filed successful lawsuit against government of Austria for return of family artwork plundered by the Nazis

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  1. Maria Altmann (née Maria Victoria Bloch, later Bloch-Bauer; February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Austria, who fled her home country after it was annexed to the Third Reich.

  2. Sep 30, 2020 · Famous Painters. Maria Altmann: The Real Story Behind 'Woman in Gold' Learn about the Jewish refugee whose painting of her aunt was stolen by Nazis and inspired the 2015 movie starring Helen...

  3. Apr 2, 2015 · After Nazi Plunder, A Quest To Bring Home The 'Woman In Gold'. Maria Altmann fought her way to the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Austrian government to give back this painting by Gustav Klimt...

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  4. Mar 31, 2015 · As the new film “Woman in Gold,” starring Helen Mirren as the indefatigable Maria Altmann, acknowledges in a brief written prologue before the credits roll, more than 100,000 stolen works of...

  5. Feb 8, 2011 · Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a newlywed and returned to wage a triumphant fight to recover Gustav Klimt’s iconic gold portrait of her remarkable aunt, has died. She was...

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  7. Feb 8, 2011 · With the death of Maria Altmann on Monday at age 94, the world has lost a trailblazer of Holocaust art restitution and one of the last links to painter Gustav Klimt’s Vienna. In recent years,...

  8. Feb 9, 2011 · When 94-year-old Maria Altmann died on Monday, she left not only grieving relatives and friends, she also left a legal legacy, one that may in the future help families right a decades-long...

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