Ruben Nicolai
Self - Presenter
Series SeasonSeason 5 episodes2026
De Erfgenaam
Season 5
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Episode 145 min2026-05-10
Episode 1
This time, it is not about a monetary inheritance, but about an emotional painting that must find its way back to the surviving relatives. It concerns a still life by the German painter O.H. Schielde, which was in the possession of a Jewish family during the war. At the time, the artwork was placed in the custody of the son of a liaison officer who knew the Schaap family personally. Now, eighty years later, this son wants to return the painting to one of the surviving relatives of the Schaap family. Thus begins for Ruben a moving quest to reunite this special heirloom with its rightful heirs.
Episode 244 min2026-05-17
Episode 2
This episode begins in Madrid, where Rosa played outside in the 1920s. It concerns ninety year old Rosa Moreno Barranco from Voorburg, who leaves behind an inheritance of over sixteen thousand euros. It is Ruben's task to investigate to whom this substantial sum would be bestowed. This journey takes Joanne and Ruben she helps him through the dark period of Franco’s regime in Spain due to the Spanish language and ultimately brings me to a final destination in France.
Episode 344 min2026-05-24
Episode 3
Willem from The Hague, who snaps up antiques in thrift stores, has a friendship card in his hands. Ruben takes the framed card and begins his search for an heir to Marianne von Gutmann von Ferstel. He starts at the Center for Family History, where he discovers that Marianne was born in Vienna in 1898 and died in Blaricum in 1986. Her husband died in Canada, after which she moved to Blaricum. Ruben finds out that Marianne was a noblewoman and that her husband, Rudolf von Guttman, held the title of knight and possessed a large art collection. They had no biological children together, and the two stepchildren were not official heirs. Eventually, the search leads to Marianne's second cousin, Andreas Treichl, with whom an appointment is arranged in Vienna. Due to lack of time, Willem travels to Vienna alone with the card, where he meets Andreas. Ruben follows the conversation via video link and explains how the search ended with Treichl.
Episode 445 min2026-05-31
Episode 4
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Episode 544 min2026-06-07
Episode 5
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