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. Its journey from a Munich warehouse to a Bavarian state collection and, eventually, to Heilbronner’s heirs in the United States reflects the long and painstaking process of tracing art displaced during the Nazi eral, states an online report by Pinakothek website. The restitution was marked by a ceremony at the German Embassy in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2026, attended by descendants of Heilbronner.
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