The emotional moment unfolded at an FBI field office in New Orleans, marking the culmination of a decades-long search by the family for the stolen artwork. Helen Lowe, a granddaughter of Adalbert Parlagi, expressed, 'I felt that my grandfather was watching and would be so proud of this moment, finally reclaiming a piece of our family's history after so long.' Adjusting to life after fleeing Austria in 1938, the family was filled with emotions as they received this long-lost heirloom.
The recovered artwork, Monet's 1865 'Bord de Mer,' is part of an estimated 600,000 pieces stolen by the Nazis, illustrating not just the value of art but the cultural erasure intended by the regime. U.S. State Department Holocaust adviser Stuart E. Eizenstat noted that the thefts represented a systematic plan by the Nazis to remove all traces of Jewish existence and heritage in Europe, a reality that weighs heavily on those seeking the return of their families' possessions.
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