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(Q57241365)

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Julius Priester

Viennese banker, industrialist, and art collector, plundered by Nazis because Jewish

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human
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sex or gender
male
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country of citizenship
Cisleithania
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Austria
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given name
Julius
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family name
Priester
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occupation
art collector
3 references
stated in
El Greco Stolen by Nazis and Sold by Knoedler Returns to Rightful Owners
reference URL
https://news.artnet.com/market/el-greco-nazis-loot-returned-280817
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An anonymous dealer has happily returned an El Greco portrait seized by the Nazis to the heirs of its rightful owners. The canvas has been restored to the descendants of Julius Priester, a Viennese banker, industrialist, and art collector. (English)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3010011/Multi-million-pound-El-Greco-masterpiece-stolen-Nazis-1944-finally-returned-rightful-owners-70-year-search.html
reference URL
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/nazi-raubkunst-el-greco-gemaelde-zurueck-beim-eigentuemer-1.2407762
stated in
El Greco-Gemälde zurück beim Eigentümer
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Der Wiener Industrielle Priester war im März 1938 vor den Nazis aus Wien nach Mexiko geflohen, wo er den Holocaust überlebte. Im Jahr 1944 beschlagnahmte die Gestapo das Gemälde und Priesters gesamte Kunstsammlung in einem Wiener Depot. (German)
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Julius Priester
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