Rediscovered painting shows madam of notorious Nazi brothel

A long-lost oil painting of Nazi-era Berlin’s most notorious brothel madam, Kitty Schmidt, has been rediscovered and was presented to the public in the German capital on Thursday. Madam Kitty’s opulent salon, located in an upscale Berlin neighbourhood, was a den of espionage wired by the Nazis to spy on prominent visitors. “Between 1939 and 1942, diplomats,