Daughter of Nazi officer who looted painting charged with cover-up in Argentina

Prosecutor Daniel Adler gives a press conference in front of Giuseppe Ghislandi’s 18th-century painting ‘Portrait of a Lady’, reportedly stolen by a Nazi officer during the Second World War and discovered in the home of his daughter after appearing in a real estate listing, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 - (AP)

The daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official has been charged in Argentina with attempting to conceal an 18th-century painting, following revelations it was stolen from a Jewish art dealer during the Second World War. Patricia Kadgien, whose father was Friedrich Kadgien, a prominent Nazi officer, faces charges of cover-up.

This development comes a day after she surrendered Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to the Argentine judiciary, eight decades after its confiscation. The federal prosecutor overseeing the case announced the charges.