Haystacks winter of 1891, a painting by Claude Monet, was lost in December of 1941, when the Nazis sacked entire villages of those opposing the Third Reich, destroying the remains of what once belonged to Priscilla’s family treasures. Monet had given Lola Boffrand a gift, which represented what her family stood for in the 1940’s before World War Two occurred. Twenty years ago, when Priscilla was only eight, she sat on her grandmother’s lap and listened to bedtime stories, which, not only did she pay attention to, but focused on remembering all those little details. She was convinced that what sometimes seems insignificant makes a story unique and special. On a rainy day, she came back from dance class and, with alacrity, hopped into her blue …show more content…
The independent, callow woman carefully opened the door of her new one-bedroom apartment. The view she had from the empty, sixth-floor loft was a small park between 13th Avenue and Spring Street. She would live right around the corner of what she called paradise, Soho; a place burgeoned with inspiration, artists, designers, and young entrepreneurs. She would now become part of the city; she would walk those streets and eventually become someone. After a first long night unpacking, she sat in a small café right across the street and drank a cup of tea. A new day full of potential was ahead of her. There was just so much Priscilla could do.
Today was her first day in Parsons University– School of Art and Design– where the new adventure began. She initiated her college degree in Art History with excitement attending her first 8:00 A.M. World History class. Paul McCullough– her new teacher– assigned her to read The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel which would only bolster her curiosity. He could not have given Priscilla a better assignment, than reading about Nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in