The daughter of the Nazi officer responsible for stolen painting of the Second World War in Argentina

Argentinian prosecutors charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer to have tried to hide an Italian painting from the 18th century which was pillaged during the Second World War and has not been seen publicly for 80 years.

The accusations occurred one day after Patricia Kadgien, the 59 -year -old daughter of the Nazi officer Friedrich Kadgien, who stole it from a main European art merchant during the Second World War, gave “the portrait of a woman” to the authorities. The painting of the Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi probably dates back to around 1710, with a value of around $ 50,000, reported the Associated Press, citing an artistic expert.

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The heir to the original owner of painting, the Dutch Jewish art collector, Jacques Goudstikke, who died in a shipwreck while he was fleeing Amsterdam during the war, would have made a legal demand to recover the work of art. The descendants of Goudstikke made efforts to recover around 1,100 paintings which have been missing since it was forced to sell its vast collection of art to Hermann Göring, the right arm of Adolf Hitler, according to the Associated Press.

Giuseppe Ghislandi’s 18th century painting “Portrait of a Dame”, would have been stolen by a Nazi officer during the Second World War and discovered in his daughter’s house after appearing in a real estate list, is displayed during a press conference by prosecutor Daniel Adler in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, September 3, 2025. (AP photo / Christian Heit)

Dutch journalists, while investigating the time of Kadgian Friedrich spent in Argentina, discovered painting in an online real estate list which showed that the work of art suspended in the Salon of Patricia Kadgian. Shortly after publishing a story on this subject in the Dutch media Algemeen Dagblad last week, the list was deleted, reported the Associated Press.

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Police quickly went down to the home of Patricia Kadgien in the city of Mar del Plata, as well as other properties linked to her and her sister Alicia. They did not find the painting, but seized a rifle and a revolver, as well as other engravings and paintings which were also stolen during the Second World War, according to the Associated Press.

Patricia Kadgian, on the right, one of the daughters of the Nazi Fugitive Kadgian Fugitive Manager, and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, on the left, attend a court audience in the case of the flight of the “Portrait of the Lady” of the 18th century “, which was caught in a Jewish collector during the World War, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Thursday. 2025. (AP photo / Christian Heit)

After the raids, Patricia Kadgien and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, 62, had been placed under residence. The couple brought the portrait to the authorities on Wednesday, and after the hearing on Thursday, they were released from a house arrest, but forbidden to leave the country and must inform the court of any gap of their speech, according to AP.

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It is not yet known where painting will then go or how it came into possession of Kadgian Friedrich, who died in 1978 in Argentina after fled the war, reported.

Prosecutor Daniel Adler gives a press conference in front of Giuseppe Ghislandi’s 18th century painting “Portrait of a Lady”, would have been stolen by a Nazi officer during the Second World War and discovered in his daughter’s house after being presented in a real estate list, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, September 3. 2025. (AP photo / Christian Heit)

“We do it simply so that the community to whom we owe in part the discovery of the work … can see these images,” said federal prosecutor Daniel Adler in a press conference on the work of art.

Earlier in the week, the lawyer for defendants, Carlos Murias, asked a civil court to authorize the auction of the table, but the request was refused, according to AP.

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Marei von Saher, the heir to Goudstikker, would have made a legal complaint to painting through the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in New York, reported AP, quoting prosecutor Carlos Martínez.

The FBI did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.