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Re­search dis­ci­pline “Nazi-loot­ed art”
In ad­di­tion to pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions, pri­vate in­sti­tu­tions (e.g. mu­se­ums, archives, as­so­ci­a­tions, com­pa­nies) and pri­vate in­di­vid­u­als in Ger­many are al­so el­i­gi­ble to ap­ply for fund­ing in the re­search area of “Nazi-loot­ed art”. The Foun­da­tion pro­motes sys­tem­at­ic in­ven­to­ry checks and fun­da­men­tal re­search on the his­tor­i­cal con­text of Nazi cul­tur­al prop­er­ty loot­ing, as well as the in­dex­ing of archival hold­ings and the re­con­struc­tion of pri­vate col­lec­tions that were seized, di­vid­ed up, or de­stroyed as a re­sult of per­se­cu­tion dur­ing the Nazi regime.

The prove­nance clar­i­fi­ca­tion of pri­vate col­lec­tions is al­so el­i­gi­ble for fund­ing if there is a sus­pi­cion of a Nazi per­se­cu­tion-re­lat­ed seizure.

Since Jan­uary 2019, the Foun­da­tion has al­so been fund­ing projects de­signed to iden­ti­fy the heirs of ob­jects from col­lec­tions seized as a re­sult of per­se­cu­tion for which prove­nance re­search has al­ready been con­duct­ed. The goal of such ap­pli­ca­tions with this fund­ing pri­or­i­ty should be to reach a just and fair res­o­lu­tion with heirs in ac­cor­dance with the 1998 Wash­ing­ton Prin­ci­ples and the 1999 Joint Dec­la­ra­tion.
Fur­ther in­for­ma­tion on the fund­ing area re­lat­ing to “Nazi-loot­ed art”

The Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion will be hap­py to ad­vise you per­son­al­ly on ques­tions of con­tent and form. Please note that con­sul­ta­tions are on­ly avail­able un­til De­cem­ber 11, 2021. For this pur­pose, please con­tact:
Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion
Hum­boldt­straße 12 | 39112 Magde­burg

Cath­leen Tasler
Project Con­sul­ta­tion
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 21
Fax: +49 (0)391 727 763 0
Email: cath­leen.tasler@kul­turgutver­luste.de

Re­search Area “Colo­nial Con­texts”
Since the be­gin­ning of 2019, the Foun­da­tion has been fund­ing long-term and short-term projects on cul­tur­al and col­lec­tion ma­te­ri­als from colo­nial con­texts.

Those deemed el­i­gi­ble to ap­ply are in­sti­tu­tions un­der pub­lic law and pri­vate in­sti­tu­tions that are rec­og­nized as char­i­ties un­der Sec­tion 59 in con­junc­tion with Sec­tion 52 of the Ger­man Fis­cal Code. The ap­pli­cant in­sti­tu­tion must be based in Ger­many and col­lect, pre­serve, or re­search cul­tur­al and col­lec­tion ma­te­ri­als from colo­nial con­texts. These in­clude mu­se­ums, uni­ver­si­ties and oth­er re­search in­sti­tu­tions.

On the one hand, the Foun­da­tion funds the con­crete re­search of ob­jects, bun­dles, and larg­er in­ven­to­ries; on the oth­er hand, it al­so pro­motes ba­sic re­search and re­search on the his­tor­i­cal con­text con­cern­ing ques­tions that are of fun­da­men­tal im­por­tance for prove­nance re­search be­yond in­di­vid­u­al ob­jects. Not on­ly in­di­vid­u­al projects but al­so col­lab­o­ra­tive projects are fund­ed. Par­tic­u­lar at­ten­tion is paid to co­op­er­a­tion with the so­ci­eties and coun­tries of ori­gin, which can be in­volved in the projects through dif­fer­ent forms of col­lab­o­ra­tion.
Fur­ther in­for­ma­tion on the fund­ing area “Colo­nial Con­texts” and the cur­rent ap­pli­ca­tion form

The Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion will be hap­py to ad­vise you per­son­al­ly on ques­tions of con­tent and form. Please note that con­sul­ta­tions are on­ly avail­able un­til De­cem­ber 11, 2021. For this pur­pose, please con­tact:
Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion, re­gion­al branch
Sey­del­straße 18 | 10117 Berlin

Sarah Fründt
Ad­vi­sor
Tel: +49 (0) 30 2338493 83
E-Mail: sarah.fru­endt@kul­turgutver­luste.de

Dr Jan Hüs­gen
Ad­vi­sor
Tel: +49 (0) 30 2338493 82
E-Mail: jan.hues­gen@kul­turgutver­luste.de