News & Events

Here you will find current news from the field of provenance research and on projects funded by the German Lost Art Foundation – whether new publications, exhibitions or restitutions. We also provide details of important events.

Contact

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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.
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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

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

News

German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Stefan Deutsch

Online information on project funding for research in the field of colonial contexts

17. July 2024

The Department Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts of the German Lost Art Foundation presents its activities and funding opportunities on August 15, 2024.

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Landesmuseum Mainz, GDKE, photo: U. Rudischer

Restitution to the Kahn family

24. June 2024

Oil painting from Mainz State Museum to be handed over on 11 July.

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People in front of a showcase with open books

Ministry of Interior Rhineland-Palatinate

Restitution to descendants of Siegmund Levi

21. June 2024

Mainz State Museum and the municipal authorities of Mainz have returned two works that were confiscated under National Socialism.

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German Lost Art Foundation | bildbad

New explanatory videos

13. June 2024

The German Lost Art Foundation has made three more videos available on important topics in the field of provenance research – for free download from this website.

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