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Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Claims: Is The Hear Act A Game Changer?, Rachel Sklar
Holocaust-Era Art Restitution Claims: Is The Hear Act A Game Changer?, Rachel Sklar
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The author of this article presents a legal analysis of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (“HEAR Act”), signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 16, 2016, which creates a uniform, federal six-year statute of limitations on civil restitution claims in the United States for the victims of Nazi-era persecution and their heirs to make a legal demand for the return of artwork or other cultural property that was seized, confiscated or wrongfully taken as a result of the policies of the Third Reich.