Restitution
A family's fight for their heritage lost in the Holocaust
Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Modern, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
| Author: | Kathy Kacer | ISBN: | 9781926920122 |
| Publisher: | Second Story Press | Publication: | April 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Second Story Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kathy Kacer |
| ISBN: | 9781926920122 |
| Publisher: | Second Story Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Second Story Press |
| Language: | English |
The story of the Reesers, a Jewish family who emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia on the eve of WWII. They fled the Nazis and left behind four valuable oil paintings. It would take years for the Reeser family, led by matriarch Mari Reeser, and then her son Karl, to retrieve them. Along the way they had help from two unlikely sources - a mid-level diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Prague, and a daring Dutch-Canadian art smuggler.
The story of the Reesers, a Jewish family who emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia on the eve of WWII. They fled the Nazis and left behind four valuable oil paintings. It would take years for the Reeser family, led by matriarch Mari Reeser, and then her son Karl, to retrieve them. Along the way they had help from two unlikely sources - a mid-level diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Prague, and a daring Dutch-Canadian art smuggler.
