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July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011

Nazi plunderer Bruno Lohse gets a posthumous rewrite

Bruno LohseSource: Jewish Museum Berlin When SS Captain Bruno Lohse died on March 21, 2007, he left behind him a small treasure of French Impressionist, Old […]
July 29, 2011
July 31, 2011
July 31, 2011

Heirless Jewish property and treasure hunting in the Czech Republic

Ever since the end of the Second World War, politicians, diplomats, officials and bureaucrats in leading international Jewish organizations, non-governmental organizations, scholars, and historians alike have […]
July 31, 2011
July 31, 2011
July 31, 2011

Restitution vs. replacement-in-kind: a French approach to cultural plunder

When the Allied powers became gradually aware of the extent of the cultural looting being perpetrated by the Nazis and their local henchmen across continental Europe, […]
July 31, 2011
July 31, 2011
July 31, 2011

Provenance research becomes political

Before there was any talk of restitution of looted art to families of individuals whose cultural assets had been stolen and misappropriated in Axis-controlled Europe between […]
July 31, 2011
August 8, 2011
August 8, 2011

Krakow (May 2009), Prague (June 2009), and beyond (2009-2011): Anything new?

In mid-May 2009, a dozen individuals from the United States and Europe, mostly lawyers, one historian, and several representatives of the art market, met in a […]
August 8, 2011
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011

From Al-Andalus to the Jeu de Paume: A Lesson in Provenance, Valencia Style

by Martin Terrazas After initial dramatic seizures of major Jewish collections in the Paris region during the summer and fall of 1940 by the foot soldiers […]
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011
August 13, 2011

De Al-Ándalus al Jeu de Paume: Una lección de procedencia, estilo valenciano

por Martin Terrazas “La mejor cerámica del siglo XV”, C. VelascoFuente: Las Provincias Después de los primeros saqueos dramáticos de las colecciones judías más importantes en […]
August 13, 2011
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011

“Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berri”—still missing?

The basic facts: When the Nazis steal everything there is to steal from the dozen or so members of the French branch of the Rothschild family […]
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011

“Le déjeûner sur l’herbe” by Claude Monet almost plundered?

Claude Monet, the icon of French Impressionism, slaved for over a year painting a picnic on the grass with well-dressed men and women, all friends of […]
August 15, 2011
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