The Foundation’s Databases

The German Lost Art Foundation runs two databases that are continuously updated and maintained. Both are important tools for scholars and for provenance research as a whole, but they are also intended for use by those with political responsibility, members of the art trade and the interested public. The aim is to enable people to make use of data and research findings, document the seizure of cultural property and collections as a result of persecution and not least create a basis for the return of cultural property to those from whom they were once taken.

Contact

Do you have any questions?

Do feel free to get in touch with us directly – whether at the Foundation’s headquarters in Magdeburg or at our branch office in Berlin.
See here for answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)

German Lost Art Foundation

Humboldtstr. 12
39112 Magdeburg

Germany
Phone:  +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail:  kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de
Social:

German Lost Art Foundation Berlin Branch Office

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin

Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de

The Help Desk offers advice and assistance to victims of the Nazi regime and their descendants on questions relating to Nazi theft of cultural property. Serving as a central and initial low-threshold point of contact in Germany, it is aimed in particular at people whose place of residence is outside Germany and who are unfamiliar with German procedures, especially in connection with cultural federalism. The Help Desk seeks to provide support in taking initial steps as well as providing further contacts and information. We will also be happy to help initiate discussions with museums and other institutions.

German Lost Art Foundation, Branch Office
Dr. Susanne Meyer-Abich
Head of Help Desk

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin

Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

German Lost Art Foundation

Lost Art

The Lost Art Database lists cultural property that was seized from Jewish citizens between 1933 and 1945 (“Nazi-looted cultural property”). It also contains reports on cultural goods displaced as a result of the Second World War. The Lost Art database went online in the year 2000 with the aim of bringing together seekers and finders. Since then it has frequently been able to contribute to the return of previously seized items of cultural property to their rightful owners or the latters’ descendants, or else to other just and fair solutions.

To the Lost Art Database

German Lost Art Foundation

Proveana

Proveana is the German Lost Art Foundation’s database for provenance research. It is mainly dedicated to presenting the outcomes of the research projects funded by the Foundation for the public at large. Established in 2020, Proveana includes such elements as various thematic focus areas, literature references, a list of exhibitions on provenance research and a glossary.

To the research database Proveana