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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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Her grandson Claude Cassirer, who moved to California, and great-grandson David Cassirer have been fighting for the painting’s return from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection in Madrid for the last two decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

David Cassirer, the lead plaintiff in the case since Claude’s death in 2010, argued the opposite in his own filing to the court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025

In the decades that followed, Lilly’s grandson Claude Cassirer — who had also survived the Holocaust — moved with his family to San Diego.

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

Claude Cassirer died in 2010; his wife, Beverly, in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

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