Holocaust Art Resource ListAs part of the commitment of the National Jewish Museum® to the recovery of Holocaust-era cultural assets, we are pleased to offer a Holocaust Art Resource List as well as a selection of fine, decorative and sacred art from the Museum's collections. Click here to visit the virtual gallery.
While we are not able to undertake claims on behalf of individuals, prospective claimants may wish to contact the Holocaust Claims Processing Office of the New York State Banking Department (see below), which does offer such assistance. Most of the sites listed provide information, links to resources, searchable databases of artworks and museums, and ways for claimants to register losses. Resource ListCentral Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945 76 Gloucester Place London W1U 6HJ England Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7487 3401 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7487 4211 Email: info@lootedart.com Website: www.lootedart.com Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) 1359 Broadway Room 2000 New York, NY 10018 Telephone: 646-536-9100 Fax: 212-679-2126 Email: info@claimscon.org Website: www.claimscon.org This site publishes a variety of useful information, links to other organizations, and a form for registering a loss. Holocaust Claims Processing Office of the New York State Banking Department 2 Rector Street New York, NY 10004 Telephone: 800-695-3318, direct line: 212-618-6983 Fax: 212-709-5592 Email: claimsques@banking.state.ny.us Website: www.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/holocaust.htm This office will research art claims, and assist claimants in submitting secure documentation, to establish ownership of any property located. It provides help to any claimant regardless of residence. The Lost Art Internet Database Dr. Michael Franz Telephone: +49 0 391 567 3891 Fax: +49 0 391 567 3899 Email: Michael.Franz@mk.sachsenhalt.de Website: www.lostart.de A project of the Federal Government of Germany and its federal states, this site is written in German, English, and Russian. Losses may be registered and the database searched. "We also publish reports by private persons or institutions about objects that have been found in their possession and are estimated to be Nazi loot or surely are." Musées Nationaux Recuperation (MNR) Site Rose-Valland Web site: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/mnr/pres.htm The MNR site includes a searchable database listing artworks returned to France after WWII included in the collections of French museums and currently unclaimed by their owners. National Museum Directors' Council Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Email:suzie.tucker@nationalmuseums.org.uk Fax: 020 7 942 2162 Website: www.nationalmuseums.org.uk The site contains links to British national museums publishing lists of their artworks with questionable provenances. Documents, news, and reports are also available. From the home page, click on "What we Do." Nazi-era Provenance Internet Portal American Association of Museums 1575 I Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 Email: nepip@aam-us.org Phone: 202-289-9139 Fax: 202-289-6578 Website: www.nepip.org A designated AAM webpage includes listings of works with unknown or unclear provenances housed in the collections of U.S museums. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024 Website: http://www.ushmm.org/assets/ A designated webpage contains useful information about art recovery including mailing addresses and links to other sites. Simon Wiesenthal Center 800-900-9036 Website: www.wiesenthal.com A designated page on this site lists news and updates about art recovery projects and activities worldwide. Additional Resources
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Office in Gloucestershire, U.K. Email: support@tracechecker.com Website: www.tracechecker.com The largest global online database of lost, stolen, and seized property. The Getty Provenance Index Databases Telephone: 310-440-7335 Fax: 310-440-7780 Website: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/guides_bibliographies/holocaust_provenance.html Includes: Guide to Holocaust-era Research Resources Commission for Art Recovery Email: claimsques@banking.state.ny.us Website: http://www.originsunknown.org/ Copious web site listings and other information |
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