In 2014, the German city of Dusseldorf announced that in four years it would open an exhibit dedicated to Max Stern, a local Jewish art dealer who fled the Nazis in 1937, having first been forced to sell off his gallery’s holdings. He settled in Montreal and became a post-war advocate of restitution of art stolen from German Jews.

Toronto filmmaker Jamie Kastner started his film with an open mind, and presents a balanced picture. "Of course, I’m a human being."{ai:summary}<p>Dusseldorf will open an exhibit in 2018 honoring Max Stern, a Jewish art dealer who fled the Nazis in 1937. After selling his gallery's holdings under duress, he moved to Montreal and became an advocate for the restitution of art stolen from German Jews. #history</p>

The Spoils documents the unravelling of an exhibit of Nazi-stolen art

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