The concessions he won were ultimately trivial, however: a few trading rights, a delay in paying the war indemnity, restitution of some estates belonging to Germans in the Austrian service including the Metternich family's, and the lifting of a 150,000 man limit imposed by the treaty on the Austrian army.
The Houthis deny it, saying they merely want more autonomy in Sadah and restitution for war damages.
So now we go to the mattresses: a war of restitution by the sons of two established families, each surrounded by ruthless capos.
This discovery highlights the unique and sometimes uncomfortable position that Jewish museums can find themselves in when it comes to handling cultural artifacts that survived World War II, museum administrators and restitution experts said.
A grandson of a Viennese woman who died in the Holocaust contends that a Gustav Klimt painting in the private collection of Leonard A. Lauder, the New York cosmetics magnate, was looted during World War II, and is seeking restitution.
When the war ended, the United States demanded restitution, which the British refused to pay.
Poland's patience is at an end, says a senior diplomat, citing Lithuanian foot-dragging on restitution of pre-war Polish property, broken promises on language rights for the ethnic Polish minority, attempts to undermine its schools and ill-treatment of a Polish-owned oil refinery.Lithuanians are incensed and feel bullied by their bigger neighbour.
Since World War II, billions of dollars of restitution has been distributed from government funds, lawsuit awards and other sources.
After the war, if the owners had survived, restitution was mired in legal arguments if the properties were in the west.
The current dispute over the "Beethoven Frieze" does not hinge on wartime plundering, but rather on how stolen art was handled after the war ended, a common theme of restitution cases arising from Nazi looting.
