“The forgery was almost incidental,” Wolfgang told Fischer.
“They are storytellers, together, which is why they did a lot of research,” Fischer told CNN in a video call.
Wolfgang told her that he only produced pictures he considered beautiful, and he believed the owners enjoyed them as much as the art market profited from them.
In 2014, Wolfgang told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that in addition to the court-imposed damages, he had settled lawsuits worth $27 million.
From her conversations with Wolfgang, Fischer concluded that both of his parents were “severely traumatized” by their experiences during World War II.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, New York Times, Der, Art, CBS, Scheidegger
Locations:
Halle, Germany, Hitler’s Germany, Switzerland, France, Cologne, ”, Stalingrad