Feliciano Sues Rosenbergs for Fees

By Stephen Wallis

September/October 2001

As the past several years have shown, sorting out claims made by Jewish families seeking to recover artworks stolen by the Nazis a half-century ago can be a messy and sometimes bitter business. But the rancorous legal battle that has erupted between Hector Feliciano, author of the acclaimed book The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World’s Greatest Works of Art, and the heirs of dealer Paul Rosenberg has come as a surprise to most people who follow Holocaust restitution cases. The dispute has drawn attention to the issue of fair compensation for those who help families recover valuable looted artworks, while raising questions about the delicate boundaries between journalism and consulting.