In Pursuit of an Art Dealer's Dream.

The article presents information on the hardships experienced by Jewish art dealer Max Stern. On September 17, 1937, Stern received a letter from the Third Reich which said that Stern was to liquidate his paintings by the end of the month, because Jews were forbidden to deal in art in Germany. The letter had been copied to the Gestapo. In the fall of 1937, he had to liquidate most of his collection in a single day, for far less than it was worth. Fleeing to London with nothing but a suitcase, Stern eventually started another gallery. But when Germany invaded France, three years later, the British government classified him as an "enemy alien" and interned him on the Isle of Man. When the British allowed him to move on to Canada, he had to spend two years in internment camps there. After his release, in 1943, Stern headed to Montreal. By the 1950s, Stern had reinvented himself, making his name in Montreal and a fortune as a dealer in sculpture. After the World War II, he tried to retrieve his confiscated paintings. But by the 1950s they had changed hands many times.