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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Victoria Bekiempis

FBI returns Monet painting stolen by Nazis to family of the Jewish owners

a man wearing a suit stands next to a framed painting of rocks by the sea
Agents stand next to the 1865 Claude Monet painting Bord de Mer before returning it to the descendants of the original owners during a ceremony at the New Orleans FBI office on Wednesday. Photograph: Chris Granger/AP

A Claude Monet pastel looted from a Jewish couple by Nazis in the second world war was returned to the family’s descendants, officials said on Wednesday.

Adalbert “Bela” and Hilda Parlagi purchased the artwork, titled Bord de Mer, at an Austrian art auction in 1936. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Parlagis had to flee and they left their possessions in storage.

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