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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
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

Painting by Gustav Schaffer, Bildnis David Leder [Portrait of David Leder]

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz | photo: Jürgen Seidel

Nazi-looted cultural property

Exhibition "An Unfinished Story" opens

10. June 2026

The art collection of Lola and David Leder comes into focus in Chemnitz.

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Open book, title page with owner’s stamps

IG Metall

Nazi-looted cultural property

SLUB Dresden and Burgstädt Municipal Library restitute books

9. June 2026

Books from the library of the German Metalworkers’ Union are to be returned to IG Metall Chemnitz

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LWL / Hanna Neander

Nazi-looted cultural property

LWL Museum restitutes two heraldic cushions

28. May 2026

Further objects from the former art collection of Emma Budge returned to her heirs.

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Netzwerk Kultur ist Vielfalt und Heimat

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

We are a partner within the network "Kultur ist Vielfalt und Heimat"

28. May 2026

The German Lost Art Foundation has signed the statement on culture in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Exhibition banner for the exhibition "Besitzen Sie Gemälde...?"

OFP-Projekt

Nazi-looted cultural property

Digital exhibition by Brandenburg Main State Archive

22. May 2026

Besitzen Sie Gemälde …? [Do you own any paintings ...?] explores Nazi art looting through the records of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle [Asset Recovery Office] in Berlin.

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Historical inventory maps of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg

Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, photo: Marcus Kenzler

Nazi-looted cultural property

Book from the library of Dr. Heinrich Klang restituted

19. May 2026

Hanover City Library is returning a book from Dr Heinrich Klang’s collection to his descendants.

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German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Stefan Deutsch

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

On the statement by the cultural institutions of Saxony-Anhalt

21. April 2026

The German Lost Art Foundation supports the joint statement issued by the cultural institutions of Saxony-Anhalt on 16 April 2026 opposing a nationalist-oriented cultural policy.

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