The Austrian museum where they resided after the war was reluctant to return them to their rightful owners, hence a protracted court battle in the United States and in Austria (see Republic of Austria v. Altmann) ensued, which resulted in five Gustav Klimt paintings being returned to Maria Altmann, the niece of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, in January 2006.
Adele | Adele (singer) | Robert Bloch | Ernest Bloch | Bloch | Eddie Bauer | Harold Bauer | André Bauer | Adele Astaire | Steven Bauer | Gary Bauer | Ernst Bloch | Adele Sandrock | Steve Bauer | Iwan Bloch | Frans Bauer | Belinda Bauer (actress) | Belinda Bauer | Bauer | Adele Arakawa | Trevor Bauer | Michelle Bauer | Joshua Bloch | Bauer Media Group | One and Only (Adele song) | Michael Bauer | Maurice Bloch | Marcel Bloch | Marc Bloch | Lucienne Bloch |
E. Randol Schoenberg, who served as attorney in the famous case claiming five Gustav Klimt paintings for the heirs of Adele Bloch-Bauer, also cited Dobrzynski's 1997 article in his paper, delivered at the International Foundation for Art Research in July, 2006, saying that it changed the climate for Nazi-looted art claims.