Introductory Seminar // How to Research Nazi-Looted Art | Part I: Sources from the Nazi Era (1933–1945)

Introductory Seminar // How to Research Nazi-Looted Art
The JDCRP offers an online introductory seminar in cooperation with its project partner, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich, and in cooperation with Technische Universität in Berlin.

The introduction provides insight into the topic using sources that document the historical processes of exclusion, persecution, expropriation or confiscation, and “Verwertung” (exploitation) of Jewish cultural property. The online seminar is also a first introduction to basic research strategies and techniques. It allows participants to exchange ideas and concerns with experts in the field.

I. October 9, 2025: Sources from the Nazi Era (1933–1945)

• Presenting digital and analog sources of perpetrator documents
• Digital resources: “Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg” (ERR) / Jeu de Paume database, Hermann Goering database, Sonderauftrag Linz database
• Analog and digital resources: ERR image archive in the photo collection of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, auction catalogs, and magazines from the Nazi era (some via German Sales Portal)

Find out more: https://www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2025/how-to-research-nazi-looted-art-part-I 

The online seminar consists of three parts, each lasting 120 minutes: October 9, 16, and 23, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CET/10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST. The three sessions are structured chronologically and thematically, building on one another:

October 16, 2025
Part II: Sources from the Postwar Period (after 1945)
https://www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2025/how-to-research-nazi-looted-art-part-II/

October 23, 2025
Part III: Other Important Digital Sources (art dealer archives, key databases, etc.)
https://www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2025/how-to-research-nazi-looted-art-part-III