The advisory panel emphasized that while Grosz endured individual persecution due to his political beliefs, it concluded that the paintings' transfers weren’t linked to Nazi persecution.
Grosz's transfer of the painting to dealer Alfred Flechtheim occurred before the Nazis' rise to power, tied to a pre-existing debt rather than persecution.
The claimants have not sufficiently proven their ownership and loss of Still Life with Ocarina, Fish and Shell during the relevant period of persecution.
The panel noted Grosz’s financial difficulties with Flechtheim, highlighting that transferring art for debt repayment is not classified as persecution-related loss.
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