Claude Monet masterpiece stolen by Nazis returned to rightful heirs after 80-year search

A Monet pastel seized by Nazis in 1938 was returned to the descendants of its original owner after an 80-year search.

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00:00It was painted in the north of France in Normandy and belonged to my grandfather who kept it

00:28in his home.

00:29I'm not sure where exactly, but he had it in his home and I'm sure he used to admire

00:33it regularly.

00:37The Nazis sold it at auction houses at the time as they did with many other Jewish property,

00:43yeah, belonging to family.

00:59We couldn't not believe it.

01:01We wouldn't have believed it, but more and more as we, in progress, we had to say, well,

01:08something may happen in the end.

01:10There might be a happy ending to the whole thing.

01:14And now we still, I mean, can't believe it, but it's happening.