Leipzig mayor hand delivers Nazi-era art to painter's heirs (Q84041297)

Einschlag was born in Leipzig in 1879 and studied at the local art academy and later in Munich, Berlin and Paris. He was a central figure in Leipzig's art scene and led a movement of impressionist painters.With the Nazis rise to power, Einschlag was declared a painter of "degenerate art." Despite being born in Leipzig, Einschlag was not a German citizen. His family was originally from Poland, but had been in Germany for generations. He was deported with 5,000 other Jews from the city to Poland, along with his wife, three sisters and brother-in-law. His left behind property and the artwork in the studio in his apartment. After two years in the Warsaw Ghetto he and his entire family were sent to the Treblinka death camp and died there. His brother Martin reached Palestine in 1947, after spending the war in hiding in France. Martin's daughter, Ruth, arrived in Palestine before the war. She was the mother of Elisheva Gilad and Yael Lifshitz, who inherited the paintings. (English)