On the statement by the cultural institutions of Saxony-Anhalt

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.

21. April 2026

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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

As a foundation under civil law based in Saxony-Anhalt, the German Lost Art Foundation expressly supports the clear joint statement issued by the cultural institutions of Saxony-Anhalt on 16 April 2026 opposing a nationalist-oriented cultural policy, as well as the position of the state government.

The statements formulated in the AfD Saxony-Anhalt government programme are directed against the work of the Foundation, but also against provenance research in Germany as a whole, and therefore affect above all the victims of persecution and extermination under National Socialism, of expropriations in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR, and of violence and injustice in colonial contexts. Such a programme would fundamentally call into question a research-based culture of remembrance.

We therefore subscribe to the statement issued by the cultural institutions in our home state: “The freedom of art, the diversity of cultural forms of expression and a culture of remembrance grounded in democratic values remain indispensable.”