Introductory Seminar // How to Research Nazi-Looted Art | Part II: Sources from the Postwar Period (after 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.

II. October 16, 2025: Sources from the Postwar Period (after 1945)

• Presenting digital and analog sources of Allied Forces documents from the immediate postwar period, compiled in the Central Collecting Points (CCP)
• Digital resources: Munich CCP database, Fold3 platform, Bundesarchiv finding aid; JDCRP digital platform: records of the Marburg CCP and Wiesbaden CCP
• Analog: Photographs from the Munich CCP in the Zentralinstitut photo collection, publication by Iris Lauterbach on the activities of the Munich CCP.

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

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 9, 2025

Part I: Sources from the Nazi Era (1933–1945)

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

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