De Erfgenaam

This time, it is not about a monetary inheritance, but about an emotional painting that must find its way back to the surviving relatives. It concerns a still life by the German painter O.H. Schielde, which was in the possession of a Jewish family during the war. At the time, the artwork was placed in the custody of the son of a liaison officer who knew the Schaap family personally. Now, eighty years later, this son wants to return the painting to one of the surviving relatives of the Schaap family. Thus begins for Ruben a moving quest to reunite this special heirloom with its rightful heirs.

This episode begins in Madrid, where Rosa played outside in the 1920s. It concerns ninety year old Rosa Moreno Barranco from Voorburg, who leaves behind an inheritance of over sixteen thousand euros. It is Ruben's task to investigate to whom this substantial sum would be bestowed. This journey takes Joanne and Ruben she helps him through the dark period of Franco’s regime in Spain due to the Spanish language and ultimately brings me to a final destination in France.