A new law signed by California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday is aiming to make it easier for Jews to recover art taken by Nazis during the Holocaust.

Newsom said California has a “moral and legal imperative” to ensure “valuable and sentimental pieces” taken during the Holocaust are returned to their families.

The legislation was inspired by a federal court ruling that ruled a painting taken by Nazis should remain in a Spanish museum instead of being returned to a Jewish woman’s family in California, Politico reported.

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