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We report on the latest developments in provenance research and on projects funded by the Foundation, as well as offering details of important new publications, exhibitions and conferences and reporting on restitutions. Feel free to send in interesting news relating to the field of provenance research to presse@kulturgutverluste.de

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Chair from Cameroon
Linden-Museum Stuttgart | photo: Dominik Drasdow
Colonial contexts

Cultural Goods from Cameroon in German Museums

The Linden-Museum Stuttgart and the German Lost Art Foundation initiate a research project in five ethnographic collections.
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Library of German Lost Art Foundation
German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Stefan Deutsch
Nazi-looted cultural property

“Kolloquium Provenienzforschung” on shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering

The German Lost Art Foundation invites you to the next event within the series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung" on 15 September 2025.
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open book with handwritten references to the owner
Stadtbibliothek Hannover
Nazi-looted cultural property

Hannover Municipal Library restitutes book belonging to Meinhardt Lemke

Voltaire’s biography of the Swedish king Charles XII is now with Lemke’s descendants in New York.
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Bronze relief plate
rem, photo: Carolin Breckle
Colonial contexts

Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim initiate steps towards transfer of ownership and possible restitutions.
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Oil painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1858, showing children returning home.
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes [Federal Art Administration], Berlin
Nazi-looted cultural property

Federal government restitutes Nazi-looted art

A painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller has been handed over to the heirs of Grete Klein.
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The Gouaffo couple presents the certificate of honor.
DAAD | photo: Sigurd Jennerhahn
Colonial contexts

Grimm Prize goes to funding committee member Albert Gouaffo

The DAAD honours Cameroonian Germanist for his achievements.
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Painting by Anton Kaulbachshows a little girl portrait
Städtische Museen Bad Wildungen | photo: Julia Heinzerling
Nazi-looted cultural property

Project in Hesse clarifies provenance of 68 objects

The museums association of Hesse and the municipal museums in Bad Wildungen and Eschwege have successfully completed a joint provenance research project.
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Files and inventory lists, top view
Daniel Dudde
Nazi-looted cultural property

Project at University Library Frankfurt: more Nazi-looted books than expected

Provenance research is to be continued, the rightful owners identified, and the objects restituted.
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Two women are looking at a list. The person on the left is wearing a white protective glove and is holding a pencil, pointing to a line.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, photo: Celeste Schmidt
Nazi-looted cultural property

First checks at museums in Saxony

Evidence of possible Nazi-looted art was identified in two of the six museums examined.
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Symbolic image inventory list with magnifying glass
Sammlung Schriften, Museum Fünf Kontinente Munich | photo: Nicolai Kästner

Non-European objects in Krefeld collection examined

Research findings confirm that acquisitions were made within contexts of colonial power relations.
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