Swiss under pressure over art that Jews were forced to sell – Ronald Lauder says works sold by refugees to fund flight from Nazis should be treated the same as looted art | Theartnewspaper

Pressure is growing on Swiss museums to accept that works of art sold by Jewish refugees to help them escape from the Nazis were forced sales, and that the works should therefore be returned to their heirs. Speaking in Zurich last month, Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, proposed a plan of action, which he described as “long overdue”.