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Sites in World War II

Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
Official reports on the Nazis' seizure of cultural property in France, Russia, Europe, Occupied Territories, Neutral countries and Latin America.
Commission for Art Recovery
Organization that dentifies and locates art stolen by the Nazis and their collaborators, and registers claims for the victims of Nazi art theft.
Holocaust-Era Assets
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.
Holocaust: The Plunder of Art Treasures
Excerpt from the International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 1, Chapter 14.
Lost Art Internet Database
A government-sponsored German database of art objects either stolen by the Nazis or for which no legal proprietor has been found.
The Spoils of War
[Germany] Biannual newsletter published by the German Coordination Office of the Federal States for the Return of Cultural Property.
Hitler's Capital
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]
Loot for the Master Race
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]
Restitution - Art
[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.
The Schloss Collection: Non-restituded Works Looted 1943-1998
Catalogue listing works of art from the Schloss collection not restituted as of July 1, 1997.
Enemy Property: The British Government Claims Scheme
[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 which the UK was at war.
The Art Newspaper - Looted Art
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 reported to the US government in 1946 by the Office of Strategic Services.
Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US
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.
Holocaust Claims Processing Office: Art Claims
[New York State] Downloadable claims form.
Holocaust Assets: US State Department
Links to US government documents relating to Holocaust-Era Assets, including looted art.
CBC Witness: Restitution
About the plunder of Europe's art by the Nazi's during WWII and the efforts to return it.
Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation
[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.
US National Archives Bibliography of Holocaust Era Assets
Provides categorized bibliographic citations, printed and online, dealing with Holocaust-Era Assets. Includes categories for looted art.
Lost to the World
The website for the book "Lost to the World" written by Tom Adler and Anika Scott telling the story behind the disappearance of Mahler's manuscript "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen".
Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal
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).
Amber Room Organisation
Aims to investigate the remains of the Amber Room and other objects of art and culture missing since WWII.

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