Legal Opinion
Menzel v. List
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1966PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur G. Klein, J.
This action in replevin was tried to the court and a jury. Plaintiff sought to recover a painting by Marc Chagall, which she and her husband had left in their apartment in Brussells when they fled in March, 1941, before the oncoming Nazis.
Treated by the Nazis as “ decadent Jewish art ”, the painting was seized by the ‘ ‘ Einsatzstab der Dienststellen des Beichsleiters Bosenberg ” on or about March 31, 1941, and a certification or receipt left, indicating that the painting, among other works of art, had been taken into “ safekeeping.”
The Menzels were among the more fortunate who were able to…
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