2009-11-02 10:31
UK's Restitution Bill Becomes LawOn
27 October 2009 the UK's Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill
2008-09 passed unopposed through the third and final reading in the
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During the Second World War, art treasures from Jewish homes and businesses throughout Europe were confiscated, surrendered or sold under duress. Today, survivors and their heirs are tracking down these lost works and reclaiming them.
This initiative, therefore, is a pursuit dedicated to memory.
The memory of those who had what was precious to them stolen during the rupture in history known as the Holocaust.
2007-09-11 18:21
Czech News Agency-
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague has issued the book "Returns of Memory," mapping the history of Jewish items in its depositories that come from the property of J… Read More
2007-08-28 05:30
The Israel Museum has launched an on-line catalogue of works of art and
Judaica looted during World War II and given to the museum after the war,
the museum announced Sunday.
The Jerusalem… Read More
2007-08-09 14:16
The English version of the Art Database of the National Fund of the
Republic of Austria has been available on the internet since 3 July
2007. The Art Database provides information
in Englis… Read More
2007-07-01 18:04
© Stadtarchiv Nuernberg
A Gesture Worth Noting… This is BIG because it may be just the catalyst for other German institutions to reach out and involve the Heirs and Holocaust… Read More
2007-06-08 14:06
In the hunt for the lost books of the Rome Synagogue Library, I notice that the lead Italian investigator is following the trail into Russia. The report uses the euphemism “sort of… Read More
2007-05-09 01:33
Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Internationalen Konferenz „Eine Debatte ohne Ende? Raubkunst und Restitution im deutschsprachigen Raum“ in Potsdam (22.-24. April 2007)
(T… Read More
2007-05-06 09:41
Friday May 4, 2007by Jesse Hamlin. San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer
Bernard Taper dreamed about Raphael's "Portrait of a Young Man'', the most
prized painting looted by the Nazis tha… Read More
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