Media Library

The media library contains all the Foundation’s publications along with documentation of the events it has organised. The blog includes reviews and articles from scholarly practice, for example. Here you will also find explanatory videos on questions of provenance research.

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
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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

Publications

The German Lost Art Foundation publishes three series: the periodical “Provenance & Research” appears once a year, scholarly articles are published in the series “Provenire”, and the series “Working Paper Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste” features articles on current research topics published in open access. This section also contains the publications produced by the former Koordinierungsstelle (Coordination Office) Magdeburg.

The series “Provenire”

The periodical “Provenance & Research”

Working Paper Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste

Publications produced by the former Koordinierungsstelle (Coordination Office)

In our blog, we provide insights into the projects we support, present important new publications and exhibitions on the subject of provenance research, report on conferences, and talk about how previously looted items of cultural property have found their way back to their rightful owners.

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Latest Blog Posts

Historisches Foto von Wohnraum und Bildern

Archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères, France, cote, 16.4.2024

From Memory to Trial

"Provenance research and photography" III: Photography as evidence in the recovery of Nazi looted cultural artefacts. The example of French case law in the 21st century

Grafik mit Besuchern vor einer leeren Museumswand

CC BY 2.0 by Keren Rothenberg

Testimony in absentia

Empty spaces in museums as a narrative of cultural-historical and political contexts

Münzkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: SKD, https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/1466101

Sensitive online content

"Provenance research and photography" I: The effects of digitality on the handling of photographs

German Lost Art Foundation, photo: Dirk Mahler

Event Documentation

Here you can view and listen to past colloquia and conferences organised by the German Lost Art Foundation.

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Video Poster image Fair and just solutions

German Lost Art Foundation

Explanatory Videos

The German Lost Art Foundation makes short, animated explanatory videos available for use free of charge in order to support the educational work done by cultural heritage institutions.

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