The Vanished Collection

Pauline Baer de Perignon embarks on a captivating journey of discovery sparked by a list of artworks linked to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss. As she delves into the archives of the Louvre and Dresden museums and investigates Gestapo records, she seeks to uncover the fate of her family’s precious art collection seized during the Nazis' occupation of France in 1942. Through her research and consultations with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, de Perignon confronts the silence surrounding her family's painful past while exploring the enduring power of art through time.