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Record-setting Klimt portrait helped woman avoid Nazi persecution

By Scott Detrow,
Sarah Handel, Daniel Ofman
Published November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM CST

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Laura Morowitz, art history professor at Wagner College, about the incredible back story behind a Gustav Klimt painting that set a record at auction.

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Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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