During the Second World War, a US soldier stole a collection of German paintings, but eleven pieces of these are now set to return back to a German museum in the little town of Pirmasens. It is thought that these oil paintings were taken as US soldiers were on the way home from Germany as World War II came to a close. The small town of Parmesens had received huge damage by bombing during the war, while many of its museums were hidden under a local school building.

Beth McFadden had been the one to research of the history of the oil paintings and made the link of their origins. Interestingly, her great uncle, US Army Sergeant Harry Gursky, was stationed near Parmesans.

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