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Cassirer

American  
[kah-seer-er, kuh-] / kɑˈsɪər ər, kə- /

noun

  1. Ernst 1874–1945, German philosopher.


Cassirer British  
/ kaˈsiːrər /

noun

  1. Ernst (ɛrnst). 1874–1945, German neo-Kantian philosopher. The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (1923–29) analyses the symbols that underlie all manifestations, including myths and language, of human culture

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Lilly’s great-grandson and Claude’s son David Cassirer, who now lives in Colorado, was there, praising the state’s lawmakers for “taking a definitive stand in favor of the true owners of stolen art.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

With a new law in place, lawyers for David Cassirer, the couple’s son, appealed to the Supreme Court and urged the justices to vacate, or set aside, the 9th Circuit’s latest ruling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

“As a Holocaust survivor, my late father, Claude Cassirer, was very proud to become an American citizen in 1947, and he cherished the values of this country.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

In 2000, Claude Cassirer, a San Diego resident, was astonished to learn that the painting that he remembered from his grandmother’s apartment in Berlin was hanging in a museum in Madrid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

“I am very grateful to the Supreme Court and the state of California for insisting on applying principles of right and wrong,” David Cassirer said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

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