A painting seized from a Munich banker’s widow during Nazi persecution has been returned to her US heirs after decades of uncertainty; provenance researchers traced the 1892 work through wartime records and museum archives
- Heilbronner, the widow of a Munich banker, lost the work as a result of racial persecution under the Nazi regime.
- After the war, its whereabouts remained unclear for decades, leaving the ownership history unresolved.
- More than eight decades after Nazi persecution tore a painting from the home of Sofie Heilbronner, the 19th-century work has finally returned to her family.
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- Heilbronner, the widow of a Munich banker, lost the work as a result of racial persecution under the Nazi regime.
- After the war, its whereabouts remained unclear for decades, leaving the ownership history unresolved.
- More than eight decades after Nazi persecution tore a painting from the home of Sofie Heilbronner, the 19th-century work has finally returned to her family.
Sources: Times of India