[[As she tried to leave Germany, a Nazi official forced her to surrender the painting in exchange for the exit visa she needed.]]
In otherwords- she was FORCED to trade it- in other words- the Nazis stole it- the granting of exit visa played no part- she was forced into this- it was stolen
Semantics. The painting was apparently the price of the exit visa. No painting no exit visa. Yeah, it was a probably a bribe. But in the end she got the bargain she negotiated. Either way she was going to lose the painting. She bought 60 years of life by surrendering it when she did. She also got $13,000 in reparations from the German Government in 1958. That was probably the value of the painting at that time. You could buy a pretty nice house for $13,000 in 1958.