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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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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

Pissarro painting surrounded by eight people

Kunsthalle Bremen

Nazi-looted cultural property

Painting by Camille Pissarro to remain in Bremen

9. April 2025

Kunsthalle agrees on just and fair solution with heir of persecuted Jewish owner.

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Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum

Colonial contexts

First check of colonial contexts at Aquazoo Düsseldorf

8. April 2025

Löbbecke Museum presents findings from research project.

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German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Stefan Deutsch

Colonial contexts

“Kolloquium Provenienzforschung” on Chagga Cultural Heritage at the Linden-Museum Stuttgart

7. April 2025

The German Lost Art Foundation invites you to the next event within the series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung" on 28 April 2025.

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Detail of the title page with an ownership stamp

Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB)

Nazi-looted cultural property

Restitution to the heirs of Benny Mielziner

7. April 2025

Herzog August Library returns volume from the private library of Benny Mielziner.

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Historical inventory maps of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg

Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, photo: Marcus Kenzler

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

9 April is Provenance Research Day

6. April 2025

The international awareness day will take place for the seventh time this year.

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Headquarters of the German Lost Art Foundation

German Lost Art Foundation | photo: Stefan Deutsch

Nazi-looted cultural property

Colonial contexts

Wartime losses

Soviet zone / GDR

Board of the German Lost Art Foundation appoints new Executive Chair

2. April 2025

The Board of the German Lost Art Foundation has appointed Professor Dr. Meike Hopp as the Foundation’s new Executive Chair.

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Kunsthalle Mannheim (Cem Yücetas)

Nazi-looted cultural property

Agreement on the establishment of an arbitration mechanism for Nazi-looted art

26. March 2025

At the 22nd top-level meeting on cultural policy, the federal government, federal states and leading municipal associations signed an administrative agreement establishing an arbitration mechanism for Nazi-looted art.

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The painting Young Man Reading by Bernhard Pankok

Stadtmuseum Münster

Nazi-looted cultural property

City of Münster returns Pankok painting to Jewish heirs

20. March 2025

The work Lesender Mann [Man Reading] belonged to Jewish tobacco merchant Max Rosenfeld.

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German Lost Art Foundation

Nazi-looted cultural property

New publication: Die venezianischen Fälle by Michael Franz

3. March 2025

The German Lost Art Foundation presents the fifth volume in its publication series Provenire – a collection of fictional cases involving Nazi-looted art, law and ethics. Book launch on 10 April 2025 in Bonn

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Drawing, study of a Frederickian officer

Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin | photo: Dietmar Katz

Nazi-looted cultural property

Federal Government restitutes Nazi-looted art from the Leo Lewin Collection

25. February 2025

Menzel drawing handed over to descendants of the Jewish art collector from Breslau

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