If the Nazis stole or confiscated the painting from Mauthner, then there is no legitimate subsequent title.
It is stolen property.
Liz Taylor is approaching her end. She has enjoyed the painting for 44 years.
The right thing would be to return the painting. She never “owned” it in the first place. And she can well afford to do so.
I might be confusing cases, but my impression is that Liz isn't the only rich one here, but that she turned down settlement offers. I don't know if it was the case here, but often when neither side is starving, donation to an appropriate museum is often the final resolution. How they share the tax writeoffs I don't know, but you and I foot the bill in the end.
BS. Liz is a “holder in due course.” Those who had the painting stolen from them only have recourse to those who stole it.
As if she hadn’t hoarded enough loot from her previous 20 marriages.