Discover the sixteenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
he Network of European Restitution Committees has published the sixteenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Discover the fifteenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the fifteenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Discover the fourteenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the fourteenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Research and restitution: discover the web pages of the Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture and its Research and Restitution Mission (M2RS) have just published their pages devoted to spoliated cultural property.
GERMANY RETURNS FIVE BOOKS FROM GEORGES MANDEL'S SPOLIATED LIBRARY
On July 15, the Prime Minister presided over the ceremony for the restitution of books from the spoliated library of former minister Georges Mandel. This restitution follows a recommendation from the Commission for the compensation of victims of spoliations resulting for the anti-Semitic legislation in force during the Occupation (CIVS) in February 2021, and at the will of two German libraries (the Staatsbibliothek of Berlin and the Dresden University Library) to return them to their rightful owners.
A first bill for the return or restitution of looted works of art
On February 15, Parliament has definitively adopted the bill relating to the return or restitution of looted works of art to victims of spoliation. After a vote by the National Assembly on January 25, the Senate voted in favor of this text on February 15. The text may be consulted on the following the Official Journal’s website. The CIVS behind this legislative initiative welcomes the rapid and unanimous adoption of the text by Parliament.
Four more works returned on December 22, 2021
On December 22, four more MNR works were returned on the recommendation of the CIVS : Paysage (a watercolor by Georges Michel), Portrait de femme (drawing by Paul Delaroche), another Portrait de femme (drawing by Auguste Hesse) and Marée basse à Grandcamp (watercolor by Jules-Jacques Veyrassat). These four works belonged to major Egyptian Jewish collector Moïse Lévi de Benzion, whose home, Château de Draveil, was looted in 1940. In this case, the main difficulty was knowing who to return these works to.
Discover the twelfth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the twelfth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Research portal on actors in the French art market from 1940 to 1945 launches
On December 3, 2021, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) presented the Research portal on actors in the French art market from 1940 to 1945.
On proposal from the CIVS, the Prime Minister decides the restitution of a painting by Utrillo
On November 22, the Prime Minister decided the restitution of Eglise de Pont-Saint-Martin (Loire Atlantique), a painting by Maurice Utrillo taken from Stefan Osusky, former Ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Paris from 1921 to 1940. This decision is based on the CIVS recommendation dated 9 July 2021.
Discover the eleventh issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the eleventh issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Discover the tenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
RETURN OF 12 WORKS TO THE HEIRS OF ARMAND DORVILLE
On the recommendation of the CIVS, Prime Minister Jean Castex has decided to return to the descendants of the Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville twelve works acquired by the French State in 1942. These artworks are currently in the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de Compiègne.
They have to get a special authorization in order to be taken away out of the national collections. The French Government will present a draft law to effectively implement this decision.
Restitution of three books that belonged to Georges Mandel
On the 12th of February of this year, the CIVS examined the claim concerning the spoliations suffered by Georges Mandel, minister of the Third Republic, member of the Resistance and assassinated by the French Milice. The recommendation adopted by the Commission will allow the restitution of three books held by German institutions.
A bill soon to be tabled to return a Klimt painting
On March 15, the Minister of Culture announced the return of “Roses under the Trees”, by Gustav Klimt looted in Austria.
Discover the eighth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the eightthseventh issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Discover the seventh issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the seventh issue of the newsletter. To consult it
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. The JDCRP project ‘s goal is a database of Jewish cultural property looted as a result of National Socialism. This objective is fully in line with the Washington Principles which, as early as 1998, called for the establishment of a central database. The pilot project is the starting point for the creation of a comprehensive database to bring together the objects and works of art spoliated by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Discover the fifth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the fifth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
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.