Oost

The show was titled “Michaelina Wautier: Baroque’s Leading Lady” and it was held at Antwerp’s Museum aan de Stroom, with 21 paintings by Wautier and works by her brother, Jacob van Oost the Elder, Michael Sweerts and other artists.

Feay texted a link to the op-ed to her longtime friend Jellie Oost, who lives in Urk, asking whether Oost could turn up any information about the Jewish twins and their nanny.

Oost knew just who might be able to help.

When Oost sent the Los Angeles Times commentary to Friends of Urk, a historical society, her request for some investigative assistance landed in the hands of the right guy.

“The citizens of Aalst have suffered grotesque accusations,” the mayor said in a press release sent to TV Oost Nieuws, according to Belga news agency.