A retired florist burst into tears after seeing artwork her family hid from Nazis restored on The Repair Shop.<br /><br />The treasured 19th-century painting of Madonna and Child was secretly sewn into the lining of a winter coat by a Ukrainian family to hide it as they worked in a forced labour camp.<br /><br />Maria Kirk, 74, brought the damaged artwork to the Repair Shop and described it as the last connection to her eastern European family.<br /><br />“It’s beautiful, thank you,” she said through tears after the painting was unveiled.
