Episode 9: The Missing Maidens: The Story of the Mosse Family

Photograph of Hans Lachmann-Mosse sitting at desk, 1914. From the Mosse Family Collection, AR 25184, Leo Baeck Institute.

In 1933, Nazis steal the art collection of a prominent German-Jewish publishing family, the Mosses. Decades after the war, the family is still trying to do what they can to get it back. But a beloved sculpture, the Three Dancing Maidens, is still missing…and it might be hiding in plain sight.

Exile is a production of LBI New York | Berlin and Antica Productions.

It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin.

Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Produced by Anthony Cantor. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham.

Special thanks to Eric J. Bartko of the Mosse Art Restitution Project (MARP), Dr. Meike Hoffmann at the Mosse Art Research Initiative (MARI), Wally Mersereau, Nordkurier, and Soundtrack New York.

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The LBI Library and Archives contain extensive materials on generations of the Mosse family and their legacy in Germany and beyond. They include personal papers of the publisher and philanthropist Rudolf Mosse and other Mosse family members. One of the Mosse newspapers – the CV Zeitung – has been digitized in partnership with the University of Frankfurt.

Branch of Rudolf Mosse's Newspaper Advertising Agency in Frankfurt

A Nazi officer came to the newspaper’s office. And he put his revolver down on the table. And he said, It's your Jews or your assets. That deal was not necessarily a good or fair deal. But what other choice did he have?

Roger Strauch, Descendant of the Mosse Family

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Episode Transcript

In Episode 8 of "Exile", artist Hans Jacoby and his wife, Emma, flee Germany and arrive in Shanghai, believing they’re safe. But even this far from home, they can’t escape the horrors of the war.

In Episode 10 of "Exile", when Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee, she finds a community of socialists who share her values. But she soon discovers "the cause" isn’t as idyllic as it seems.

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