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The true story behind the painting long known as The Woman in Gold, Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, and its remarkable history. Adeles Wish is the remarkable story of an 84-year-old Los Angeles woman's struggle to recover five rare paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938. The artworks were painted by world-renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. For nearly a decade, Maria Altmann and her lawyer, Randol Schoenberg, battle Austria for the return of these incredibly valuable paintings. Although it begins as a legal dispute, the struggle quickly turns into a political, cultural, and ethical confrontation. In the process, Austria is forced to re-examine not only its role in Nazi art thefts, but also its anti-Semitic past.