Tag #Guelph Treasure

How did the Nazi regime's use of the Reich Flight Tax impact the ownership and sale of the Guelph Treasure?

The 2022 discovery of documents in the Hessian State Archives reveals that Alice Koch's share of the Guelph Treasure was seized through the Reich Flight Tax, a Nazi regime tool to confiscate assets from Jewish citizens seeking emigration. This contradicts earlier findings by the Limbach Commission, highlighting the complex and often obscured mechanisms of Nazi-era asset appropriation. The case underscores the ongoing challenge of identifying and returning Nazi-looted art.