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In our blog, we provide insights into the projects we support, present important new publications and exhibitions on the subject of provenance research, report on conferences and talk about how previously looted cultural properties have found their way back to their rightful owners. Researchers and other interested parties are invited to contact the press office with ideas and suggestions for contributions: presse@kulturgutverluste.de

Rasheed Hassan interviewing Chief Nosa Omorodion of Benin during his fieldwork
Colonial contexts

Benin is not Benin

Why provenance research can often lead to unexpected results.
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Why provenance research can often lead to unexpected results.
Rasheed Hassan interviewing Chief Nosa Omorodion of Benin during his fieldwork
Nazi-looted cultural property
Colonial contexts
Wartime losses
Soviet zone / GDR
Provenance research in the context of
German cultural and remembrance policy
book, inventory, records
Colonial contexts
Observations on a workshop looking into traces of the Boxer War in German museums
Workshop "Mitgenommen", Humboldt Forum Berlin
Nazi-looted cultural property
The “Help Desk” has been trying to trace a Bassano painting in Southern Germany.
Bassano