Daughter of Nazi who looted painting charged with cover-up in Argentina

The daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official has been charged in Argentina with attempting to conceal an 18th-century painting, following revelations that it was stolen from a Jewish art dealer during the Second World War.

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Patricia Kadgien, whose father was Friedrich Kadgien, a prominent Nazi officer, faces charges of cover-up. This development comes a day after she surrendered Giuseppe Ghislandi's Portrait of a Lady to the Argentine judiciary, eight decades after its confiscation. The federal prosecutor overseeing the case announced the charges.

The future of the artwork remains uncertain, pending a court decision. Lawyers for the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, the Dutch-Jewish art collector whose world-famous inventory was confiscated by the Nazis, have lodged a legal claim to reclaim the piece.

Goudstikker died in a shipwreck in 1940 while fleeing the Netherlands as German troops advanced. He sold his collection, which included Rembrandts and Vermeers, under duress and far below the market price. At least 1,100 stolen works from his gallery remain missing.

The Argentine court has requested that the painting be displayed at the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires ahead of any further transfer abroad. The museum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.