News
The 2019 activity report has just been published
It traces the activity of the Commission during the year 2019 (in the area of cultural property and in its international dimension in particular), and takes stock of twenty years of action.
The JDCRP launches its pilot project
The Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project (JDCRP) has just launched its pilot project dedicated to the Adolphe Schloss collection, spoliated in 1943.
IN BAD AROLSEN, A PARTICIPATORY PROJECT DEDICATED TO VICTIMS
Led by a former officer of CIVS, the archives of Bad Arolsen (Hesse) launched a large participatory project aimed at developing the largest database dedicated to the victims of National Socialism.
Recall : THE CONFERENCE OF THE TWENTY YEARS OF THE CIVS WILL BE HELD ON 15 NOVEMBER 2019
On Friday 15 November, the conference “Twenty years of reparation for anti-semitic spoliations during the Occupation: between compensation and restitution” will be held in Paris.(see the program).
REPORT CIVS 2018
The 2018 activity report has just been published.
A PAINTING RETURNS TO FRANCE
On 23 July 2019, Peter Forner from Berlin handed over a painting by the French painter Nicolas Rousseau to the French State, represented by Ambassador Anne-Marie Descôtes, at the French Embassy. During the Second World War, the painting was transported from France to Berlin, where it remains in the custody of the Forner family to this day.
A NEW FRANCO-GERMAN COOPERATION FOR SPOLIATION CULTURAL PROPERTY
On May 22, a cooperation agreement strengthened the Franco-German partnership in the field of the search for the source of cultural property stolen due to National Socialism.
CONFERENCE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2019 : “20 YEARS OF REPARATION FOR ANTI-SEMITIC SPOLIATIONS
On Friday 15 November, the conference “Twenty years of reparation for anti-semitic spoliations during the Occupation: between compensation and restitution” will be held in Paris.
RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY SPOLIATED: THE NEW ORGANISATION SETS UP.
On April 17, a mission was created within the Ministry of Culture, for the research and the restitution of cultural property spoliated.
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NETWORK OF EUROPEAN COMMISSIONS : DISCOVER THE FIRST NUMBER.
The network of European Restitution Committees (see our news of 28 January 2008) has published the first number of this newsletter.
