New-look website

The German Lost Art Foundation has relaunched its website.

22. August 2023

German Lost Art Foundation

Contact

Do you have any questions?

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.
See here for answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)

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

Contemporary design, more content: the German Lost Art Foundation has given its website at https://kulturgutverluste.de. In addition to a fresh layout, the website offers additional content and new functions. Those interested can now also read up on the historical background relating to the four subject areas covered by the Foundation: Nazi-looted cultural property, Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts, the expropriation of cultural property in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR, and wartime losses during the Second World War. In addition, basic information is provided for users on provenance research, and there are literature references for each subject area along with materials for further research.

Various new search filters make it possible to find specific information more quickly than before and carry out theme-based searches for publications, events or press releases, for example. All the Foundation’s publications, event recordings and blog posts are available in the media library; explanatory films on central issues of provenance research can also be downloaded here free of charge. The documents and papers required when submitting proposals for funding projects continue to be available, of course.

The newly established blog will provide insights into funded projects, present important new publications, exhibitions and conferences on provenance research, and report on successful restitutions.

In addition, users can sign up for the new German Lost Art Foundation newsletter: this contains details of Foundation news and activities as well as information about current funding opportunities for provenance research projects. The Foundation’s website will soon also be available in plain language.

We welcome feedback on our new website!

The German Lost Art Foundation team