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

Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste

New release: “Resist, Reclaim, Retrieve”

5. December 2024

The German Lost Art Foundation has published volume 4 of the "Provenire" series.

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German Lost Art Foundation

New recommendation issued by the Advisory Commission on Nazi-Looted Cultural Property

1. November 2024

Recommendation of the Advisory Commission in the case of the heirs of George Grosz v. Freie Hansestadt Bremen.

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Sammlung Kulturen der Welt | photo: Michael Haydn

Lübeck museums hand over mortal remains of a man from the indigenous Selk’nam community

15. October 2024

Delegation from Tierra del Fuego buries ancestors at a cemetery in Lübeck after the handover ceremony.

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Exlibris, steps to the portal, which is inscribed "Spiero".

Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Herzog August Library restitutes verse epic to heirs of Heinrich Spiero

15. October 2024

Book is returned to descendants of literary scholar and German studies specialist, and they donate it to the library.

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Historical inventory maps of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg

Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, photo: Marcus Kenzler

Arbitration for Nazi-looted property

10. October 2024

Federal, state and local authorities agree on reform of restitution practice.

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Two male people stand next to a glass showcase.

Stadtmuseum Oldenburg | Foto: Sascha Stueber

Oldenburg restitutes objects to descendants of the Insel family from Oldenburg

4. October 2024

A pewter pot and a set of jewellery were handed over to the heirs, but the items will be returned to Oldenburg as a reminder of the fate of the Jewish family.

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