World War II Art and Antiquities Theft

World War II Art and Antiquities Theft

World War II

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- Selection of recently published articles on the subject of art looted during the Second World War. Also publishes a complete list of names of the dealers, museum curators, collectors and Nazi officials involved in trading art in occupied Europe, as repor
- About the plunder of Europe's art by the Nazi's during WWII and the efforts to return it.
- Excerpt from the International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 1, Chapter 14.
- International list of current activities regarding holocaust-era assets. A project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in conjunction with the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets.
- Official reports on the Nazis' seizure of cultural property in France, Russia, Europe, Occupied Territories, Neutral countries and Latin America.
- [Austria] Art looted by the Nazi regime in Austria. Includes article by Oliver Rathkolb on restitution policies and a list of privately owned artworks still missing.
- Catalogue listing works of art from the Schloss collection not restituted as of July 1, 1997.
- A government-sponsored German database of art objects either stolen by the Nazis or for which no legal proprietor has been found.
- Article by James S. Plaut, who was directly responsible for recovering the works of art which had been looted by Rosenberg, Göring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]
- [Germany] Biannual newsletter published by the German Coordination Office of the Federal States for the Return of Cultural Property.
- [Czech Republic] Database of works of art from public collections in the Czech Republic that come, or may come, from the property of the victims of the Holocaust.
- [New York State] Downloadable claims form.
- Provides categorized bibliographic citations, printed and online, dealing with Holocaust-Era Assets. Includes categories for looted art.
- Provides a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that were created before 1946, and changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945).
- Present a historical record of the collection and disposition of the assets of Holocaust victims that came into the possession or control of the Government of the United States.
- Part II of an article by James S. Plaut, in which he tells the story of retrieving and collecting of masterpieces looted by Rosenberg, Goring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]
- [United Kingdom] Site contains details of the claims scheme and how to apply. It also has summary details of records held at the Public Record Office relating to UK property seized during WWII from organisations and individuals resident in countries with
- Links to US government documents relating to Holocaust-Era Assets, including looted art.
- Aims to investigate the remains of the Amber Room and other objects of art and culture missing since WWII.

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