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The library, which houses the world’s oldest collection of archival material on the Nazi era, will present works by Fred Kormis in a newly renovated exhibition space
A new bill could create a commission to assess the feasibility of adding the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian family
Findings about the provenance of two Old Master drawings in the museum’s collection may test the pro-restitution stance recently adopted at US national institutions
Go ahead given to a restoration project to preserve two historic sites associated with the Jewish community that once resided in Herat
Pioneering film is part of the first major retrospective of Maryan, the Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor now newly celebrated in death
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we spoke with Eyal Ilya, owner of Pentagon Auction House in Israel, about the trend for Second World War artefacts
London Art Week has partnered with the Jewish Country Houses research project to hold a three-part online talks programme
Lawyers and collectors weigh in on new rule that sets a 30-year limit on claims to property that was stolen by Nazis and Communist leaders
New exhibition highlights works from the museum's Gilbert Collection that have unclear provenance during the Nazi era
Photographer was given privileged access to document scenes and to make portraits among the people of this conservative group
Hoard of objects loaned by Paris's Musée de Cluny to the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells a complex tale
The UK Spoliation Advisory Panel concluded that the piece was the subject of a forced sale in the 1930s
Museums under pressure to research collections for Holocaust victims’ assets
Constructivist-style bus garage transformed into high-tech Jewish museum in Moscow
“What has been divided can be brought back together again—not in the form of a reunification, but in a way that we cannot yet define”
The project, led by Dr Vanessa-Maria Voigt and Dr Horst Kessler, came about by a chance find in a desk...
The painting was stolen from its Jewish owner during the Nazi occupation of France
Strives to break restitution “logjam”
Strives to break restitution “logjam”
Institution says restitution laws don’t apply as it is a private gallery
Israel and India join forces
Roma portraits were made by Jewish prisoner on the orders of Dr Josef Mengele
A short history of nazi loot restitution efforts
“Morally, this is a gain for Austria” not a loss, says Maria Altmann
Chicago collector agrees to pay claimant to gain title to the work
This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
Although successful restitutions have been achieved through focused research in individual museums, numerous cases in federal and provincial museums still need to be solved
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state
Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed