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Use these online resources for additional information on World War II era provenance issues, documentation, history, laws, policies, and research. These links include the American Association of Museums Nazi-Era Provenance Portal, the AAM and AAMD guidelines and related material, and independent and governmental Web sites that address World War II / Nazi-era cultural property policies and background records and documentation on restitution efforts after 1945.
(Updated March 2010) |
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Guidelines and Government Resources |
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American Association of Museums |
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AAM Guidelines Concerning the Unlawful Appropriation of Objects During the Nazi Era |
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http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/ethics/nazi_guidelines.cfm |
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AAM Recommended Procedures for Providing Information to the Public about Objects Transferred in Europe during the Nazi Era |
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http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/prov/procedures.cfm |
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AAM Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal Project
Provides a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945). |
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http://www.nepip.org/ |
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Association of Art Museum Directors |
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Report of the AAMD Task Force on the Spoliation of Art during the Nazi/World War II Era (1933-1945) |
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http://www.aamd.org/papers/guideln.php |
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United States Resources |
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States |
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http://www.pcha.gov/ |
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United States Department of State Holocaust Issues |
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http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocausthp.html |
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Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-confiscated Art (1998) |
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http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/981203_heac_art_princ.html |
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Holocaust Era Assets |
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http://www.ushmm.org/assets/ |
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New York State Holocaust Claims Processing Department |
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http://www.claims.state.ny.us/link.htm |
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International Resources |
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United Nations International Council of Museums (ICOM) Spoliation of Jewish Cultural Property
International resources on the issue of spoliation of Jewish cultural property during the Second World War. |
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http://icom.museum/spoliation.html |
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World Jewish Congress
An international organization whose mission is to address the interests and needs of Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world. |
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http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/ |
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Bureau for Provenance Investigation/Research (Berlin, Germany)
Supports museums, libraries, archives and other public institutions in Germany, tasked with identifying the cultural artifacts in their collections or in their possessions, which were taken from their lawful owners during the period of National Socialist rule. They also support the various research projects and maintain a database of project results. |
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http://www.smb.museum/provenienzforschung |
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Archives and Documentation |
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National Archives - Holocaust-Era Assets Finding Aid to Records |
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http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/finding-aid/ |
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National Archives Holocaust Records at Footnote.com
Holocaust Collection. In June 2009 a joint project of the national archives in France, Germany, the UK and the US, to digitize their Holocaust related records was announced in Prague. An initial set of over one million Holocaust-related records - including millions of names and 26,000 photos from the National Archives- went online at the end of September 2009. |
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http://go.footnote.com/holocaust/ |
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World War II Resources at The National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) |
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http://www.nga.gov/collection/provfeat.htm |
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Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
Contains digital documentation on art looting and a section on Russian law regarding trophy art. |
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http://docproj.loyola.edu/ |
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Provenance Research at the Getty Research Institute
Contains links to their own resources (art dealer records, photo archives, auction catalogues, etc.) and provenance databases, as well as related public websites. |
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http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/provenance_index/ |
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Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Contains an extensive collection of art gallery records and a number of papers of American art historians directly involved in World War II restitutions. |
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http://www.aaa.si.edu/ |
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Mémorial de la Shoah, Musée Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
The archives of the CDJC contain collections of more than thirty million archive documents, including many originals bearing the signature of the heads of the Third Reich and those responsible for the deportation of the Jews from France. |
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French:http://www.memorialdelashoah.org/getHomeAction.do?langage=fr |
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English:http://www.memorialdelashoah.org/getHomeAction.do?langage=en |
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Related Organizations |
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Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945
Contains recent news and upcoming events in the field, as well as a searchable Database of over 25,000 looted objects. |
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http://www.lootedart.com |
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Commission for Art Recovery
Established in 1997 to spur efforts to restitute art that was seized, confiscated, or wrongfully taken as a result of the policies of the Third Reich and the devastation of the Holocaust. |
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http://www.commartrecovery.org/about.php |
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The Art Loss Register on the Internet: Helping the Victims of Art Theft
Private database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. Its range of services includes item registration, search and recovery services to collectors, the art trade, insurers and worldwide law enforcement agencies. |
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http://www.artloss.com/ |
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International Foundation for Art Research
IFAR offers impartial and authoritative information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects. |
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http://www.ifar.org/home.php |
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National Stolen Art File and Art Theft Notices |
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http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/arttheft/nationalstolen.htm |
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Commission for Looted Art in Europe (CLAE) |
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http://www.lootedartcommission.com |
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