August 18, 2013

Twice plundered: two paintings by forgotten artist Ilona Singer-Weinberger

by Misha Sidenberg, Jewish Museum of Prague, Czech Republic Man in a Brown Suit (also known as Man with a Cigarette, 1928, oil on canvas, c. […]
August 19, 2013

Un exemple atypique de restitution

by Thierry Bajou, Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Service des musées de France, Ministère de la Culture et de la communication [Editor’s note: It is not […]
October 19, 2013

From Outside Neolithic Walls: It’s a Matter of Scale and Resources

Participants attending PRTP-Zagreb from March 10-15, 2013Source: Holocaust Art Restitution Project by Martin Terrazas, co-posting with ARCAblog This is in response to several messages in the […]
November 8, 2013

THE HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION PROJECT CALLS ON THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE A DETAILED AND COMPLETE INVENTORY OF THE CORNELIUS GURLITT COLLECTION AND SET UP A COMMISSION TO HASTEN RESTITUTION OF NAZI-LOOTED ARTWORKS TO HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND THEIR HEIRS.

Press Contacts:For HARP: Marc Masurovsky, (00) 1 202 255 1602 , plunderedart@gmail.com For Immediate Release Washington, DC, USA – November 8, 2013 – The Holocaust Art […]
January 18, 2014

Where were you…?

Drancy Concentration CampSource: Wikipedia via Ghetto Fighters’ House Where were you when the trains left Drancy?  How do 45 trains carrying altogether more than 40,000 children, […]
January 19, 2014

Once upon a time…

US Soldiers toast victory at BerchtesgadenSource: Wikipedia via US Army Once upon a time, an American private first class entered Adolf Hitler’s lair in Berchtesgaden, tantamount […]
January 20, 2014

Time for a reckoning with the Cornelius/Hildebrand Gurlitt saga—Part One

GurlittSource: the week.co.uk Now that we are barely three weeks into 2014, the unfolding of the Gurlitt saga has turned into an international circus, one part […]
January 20, 2014

Part Two–Some of Hildebrand Gurlitt’s pals in German-occupied Paris

Dr. Erhard Göpel, representative of the Linz Museum project, accessory to acts of cultural plunder both in German-occupied Holland and France, had a “special” relationship with […]
January 20, 2014

Teaching about looted art to ten to twelve year olds

Ten years ago, I was invited to teach a workshop in a Jewish Day School outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The average age of the students […]