{"id":333618,"date":"2026-05-12T22:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=333618"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:50:48","slug":"painting-looted-by-nazis-discovered-in-home-of-dutch-ss-commanders-family-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/painting-looted-by-nazis-discovered-in-home-of-dutch-ss-commanders-family-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting looted by Nazis discovered in home of Dutch SS commander\u2019s family &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A painting stolen from a Jewish art collector by\u00a0Nazis in the course of the Second World War has been recovered in the house of relatives of well-known Dutch SS collaborator Hendrik Seyffardt and is now within the hands of a Dutch journalist, art detective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arthurbrandartdetective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Brand<\/a> told Global News.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned painting titled <em>Portrait of a Young Girl<\/em> by Dutch artist Toon Kelder belonged to the looted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecjm.org\/exhibitions\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goudstikker collection<\/a> and is believed to have remained for years in the house of Seyffardt\u2019s descendants, in line with Brand,\u00a0who described the invention as \u201cprobably the most bizarre case of my entire profession,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2026\/may\/11\/portrait-looted-nazis-home-dutch-ss-leader-family-toon-kelder-goudstikker-hendrik-seyffardt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_6a035a68038fa-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" 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class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:39<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">The Spoils: Recovering Nazi-stolen Art and Max Stern\u2019s legacy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"<\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\">&#8220;><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seyffardt collaborated with the Nazis during Hitler\u2019s invasion of the Netherlands and led a volunteer Waffen-SS unit on the Eastern Front before he was assassinated in 1943.<\/p>\n<p>Seyffardt was given a Nazi state funeral in The Hague and received a wreath sent by Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Jacques Goudstikker, a famed Dutch-Jewish art collector and owner of the painting, died while attempting to flee the invasion, abandoning greater than 1,000 works.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecjm.org\/exhibitions\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">successfully reclaimed<\/a> 200 Nazi-looted items that had since come under the control of the Dutch government, in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecjm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary Jewish Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get day by day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get day by day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The case is analogous to a discovery made last yr when a Nazi-looted painting \u2014 also belonging to the Goudstikker collection \u2014 was found at a house in Argentina, where 1000&#8217;s of notorious Nazis and war criminals fled after the war.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the more moderen Dutch discovery, Brand told Dutch and British media that he was approached by a person who claimed to be a descendant of Seyffardt and said the painting had been hanging within the hallways of the SS collaborator\u2019s granddaughter\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with The Guardian, Seyffardt\u2019s granddaughter said the painting was \u201cJewish looted art, stolen from Goudstikker. It&#8217;s unsellable. Don\u2019t tell anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The member of the family then hired Brand, a widely known art detective, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraaf.nl\/binnenland\/ss-nazaat-levert-roofkunst-in-schilderij-moet-terug-naar-de-joodse-rechthebbenden\/151372133.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch outlet De Telegraaf<\/a> that they felt ashamed and believed the artwork ought to be returned to its rightful owners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In accordance with the newspaper, the Seyffardt family was discussing whether to return the item, as they claimed they were unaware it had been stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received it from my mother. Now that you just confront me like this, I understand that Goudstikker\u2019s heirs want the painting back. I didn\u2019t know that,\u201d a relative reportedly told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Brand\u2019s investigation verified the painting\u2019s authenticity and traced the sale of the item to an auction in 1940, where he deduced that Seyffardt had bought the piece from senior Nazi official Hermann G\u00f6ring, who he said had obtained all the collection during its initial looting, in line with the Dutch news agency.<\/p>\n<p><section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&#038;:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(&#8211;scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(&#8211;thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(&#8211;header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]&#8221; dir=&#8221;auto&#8221; data-turn-id=&#8221;request-WEB:060ee6a6-8d57-4889-bffa-847d86537697-0&#8243; data-turn-id-container=&#8221;request-WEB:060ee6a6-8d57-4889-bffa-847d86537697-0&#8243; data-testid=&#8221;conversation-turn-2&#8243; data-scroll-anchor=&#8221;false&#8221; data-turn=&#8221;assistant&#8221;>Lawyers representing the Goudstikker family confirmed to Brand that the artwork had been looted and demanded its return; nonetheless, in line with The Guardian, police cannot take motion since the statute of limitations for the theft has expired.<\/section>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe member of the family sees public exposure because the only approach to hopefully return the painting to the Goudstikker heirs, where it rightfully belongs,\u201d Brand told the outlet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He confirmed to Global on Tuesday that the painting had been handed over to a Dutch reporter and was set to be returned to its rightful owners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tLeft to right: A Dutch journalist and art detective, Arthur Brand, pose with a recovered painting looted by the Nazis.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArthur Brand\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week, one other Nazi-looted artwork was placed on display for the primary time on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/paris-art-france-courbet-restoration-technology-6c42fd1011016552a5df234f35149fb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay<\/a> in Paris as a part of France\u2019s reckoning with Nazi-era looting. The gallery is the primary within the museum\u2019s history to be given over to the orphaned masterpieces\u00a0of the Nazi era.<\/p>\n<p>The painting by Belgian artist Alfred Stevens was originally earmarked for Hitler\u2019s planned museum in Linz, Austria. But by 1943, it was reassigned to Hitler\u2019s mountain home within the Bavarian region of Germany. The museum was never built following Germany\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n<p>No heir has ever come forward to say the painting, and nobody knows who owned it before 1942.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"Figure\" data-openoverlay=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u2014 With files from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A painting stolen from a Jewish art collector by\u00a0Nazis in the course of the Second World War has been recovered in the house of relatives of well-known Dutch SS collaborator Hendrik Seyffardt and is now within the hands of a Dutch journalist, art detective Arthur Brand told Global News. 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