WASHINGTON — In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert 'Bela' and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home after Austria was annexed into Adolf Hitler's Germany. After the war, Bela Parlagi searched for his art to no avail until his death in 1981. His son continued...
The 18 by 28-centimetre pastel, called "Bord de Mer," dates back to 1865 and features a scene from France's Normandy shoreline.WASHINGTON — In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert 'Bela' and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home after Austria was annexed into Adolf Hitler's Germany.
But on Wednesday , more than 80 years later, Parlagi's granddaughters Helen Lowe and Francoise Parlagi were reunited with the missing Monet after the FBI and a Britain-based nonprofit located it in the US. The family stored the piece with the rest of their belongings at a shipping company warehouse in 1938. The Nazis seized their property in 1940 and the Monet pastel was sold at auction in 1941.
"While this Monet is undoubtedly valuable, its true worth lies in what it represents to the Parlagi family," said James Dennehy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York City office, in a statement.
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