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
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

News

Image detail from the front cover of the guide

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst | photo: Kerstin Pannhorst

Launch of a new guide

8. September 2026

The publication "Tracing Loot from the Boxer War in China" will be presented online and in Berlin.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart | Foto: Dominik Drasdow

Jetzt anmelden zum Zertifikatskurs Provenienzforschung!

26. June 2026

Die FU Berlin bietet erneut das Weiterbildungsprogramm „Provenienzforschung - Über die Herkunft der Objekte“ an.

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returned books, some of which have been opened

Dudde

University library restitutes books to Jewish lodges

24. June 2026

41 books returned to B’nai B’rith and Odd Fellows.

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People in front of the entrance to the Roselius Museum in Bremen

Ludwig Roselius Museum | photo: Hannes von der Fecht

New acquisition at the Ludwig Roselius Museum

22. June 2026

Following extensive provenance research and restitution, the painting "Aufbruch der Heiligen Ursula" [Departure of St. Ursula] will now remain in Bremen.

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

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz | photo: Jürgen Seidel

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

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

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

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

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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