Returning stolen history
Follow a thrilling investigative journey to locate the Ledermann family and return their art and antique pieces left behind on the eve of World War II in Budapest.
Finding The Ledermanns
Pál Ledermann, a wealthy textile merchant, fled Budapest before WWII, seeking refuge in Switzerland. Decades later, filmmaker Andrew G. Szabo, who grew up surrounded by belongings once owned by the Ledermanns, sets out to find their descendants and return what was left behind.
This thrilling docu-reality takes viewers on a historic adventure to find simple answers, but instead unearthes a complex web of mystery amid the historic storms of the 20th century.
THE EX-LIBRIS STAMP THAT TRIGGERED THE SEARCH.
Left in Budapest book collection in 1948.
WAS IT IT THE HOLOCAUST OR WAS IT COMMUNISM THAT DESTROYED THE LEDERMANNS?
Jews marching on Budapest’s Rákoczi út, spring 1944.
Communist May Day parade. 1946, Budapest.