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

Contact

Do you have any questions?

Do feel free to get in touch with us directly – whether at the Foundation’s headquarters in Magdeburg or at our branch office in Berlin.
See here for answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)

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

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) 30 2338493 85
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

ORA

Colonial contexts

We call it “journeys”

12. May 2026

Open Restitution Africa (ORA) describes restitution as a pan-African process of remembrance, research, and the digital sharing of knowledge – an interview.

Colonial contexts

Between research and teaching

4. August 2026

How it is possible to get school pupils to engage with the fact that many school collections contain human remains? And that some of these may originate from colonial contexts? A set of guidelines developed in Hamburg seeks to provide some answers.

Several people are looking at a register on a table, with smartphones next to it. They are wearing white gloves for protection.

Jörg Hofmann

Colonial contexts

A practical publication, but also an appeal

21. July 2026

The new guide Koloniale Kontexte in Bibliotheken [Colonial contexts in libraries] provides much-needed guidance. It was presented at the University Library of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Three people are sitting in front of a presentation being projected onto a screen.

German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Andreas Bohne

Colonial contexts

We call it “journeys”

12. May 2026

Open Restitution Africa (ORA) describes restitution as a pan-African process of remembrance, research, and the digital sharing of knowledge – an interview.

ORA

Nazi-looted cultural property