Blog

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

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German Lost Art Foundation

Humboldtstr. 12
39112 Magdeburg

Germany
Phone:  +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail:  kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de
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German Lost Art Foundation Berlin Branch Office

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin

Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de

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The Help Desk offers advice and assistance to victims of the Nazi regime and their descendants on questions relating to Nazi theft of cultural property. Serving as a central and initial low-threshold point of contact in Germany, it is aimed in particular at people whose place of residence is outside Germany and who are unfamiliar with German procedures, especially in connection with cultural federalism. The Help Desk seeks to provide support in taking initial steps as well as providing further contacts and information. We will also be happy to help initiate discussions with museums and other institutions.

German Lost Art Foundation, Branch Office
Dr. Susanne Meyer-Abich
Head of Help Desk

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin

Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

Romane zum NS-Kunstraub liegen auf einem Tisch

Susanne Meyer-Abich

Nazi-looted cultural property

Provenance research at the poolside

26. March 2024

Uwe Fleckner’s first novel (and the Nazi-looted art thriller as a literary genre)

Nazi-looted cultural property

Provenance research at the poolside

26. March 2024

Uwe Fleckner’s first novel (and the Nazi-looted art thriller as a literary genre)

Romane zum NS-Kunstraub liegen auf einem Tisch

Susanne Meyer-Abich

Colonial contexts

Unsettling Encounters

22. February 2024

"Provenance research and photography" II: Feeling colonialism in collaborative research on photographs and ethnographic 'objects'

Mann vor Landschaft in Tanzania

Maren Lina Wirth

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

Sensitive online content

1. February 2024

"Provenance research and photography" I: The effects of digitality on the handling of photographs

Ansicht eines Datensatzes

Münzkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: SKD, https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/1466101

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

Testimony in absentia

17. January 2024

Empty spaces in museums as a narrative of cultural-historical and political contexts

Grafik mit Besuchern vor einer leeren Museumswand

CC BY 2.0 by Keren Rothenberg

Colonial contexts

Sharing knowledge – creating connections – building networks

17. November 2023

A workshop on mission collections in Berlin

Tisch beim Workshop Missionssammlungen Berlin

Nicole Rumert

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Learning to search for clues

19. September 2023

As a volunteer in provenance research at Landesmuseum Hannover

Volunteer at Landesmuseum Hannover

Nadja Kehe

Colonial contexts

Benin is not Benin

28. August 2023

Why provenance research can often lead to unexpected results.

Rasheed Hassan interviewing Chief Nosa Omorodion of Benin during his fieldwork

Rasheed Hassan

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

From niche to institution

17. July 2023

Provenance research in the context of
German cultural and remembrance policy

book, inventory, records

Kunsthalle Mannheim (Cem Yücetas)

Colonial contexts

Looted goods, merchandise or souvenirs?

11. July 2023

Observations on a workshop looking into traces of the Boxer War in German museums

Workshop "Mitgenommen", Humboldt Forum Berlin

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Zentralarchiv, Christine Howald

Nazi-looted cultural property

Seeking a lost inheritance

21. April 2023

The “Help Desk” has been trying to trace a Bassano painting in Southern Germany.

Bassano

anonymous photographer