Museum Provenance Research

» Amber Room Organisation    Aims to investigate the remains of the Amber Room and other objects of art and culture missing since WWII.    http://www.amberroom.org/

» Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation    [Austria] Art looted by the Nazi regime in Austria. Includes article by Oliver Rathkolb on restitution policies and a list of privately owned artworks still missing.    http://www.kreisky.org/

» Enemy Property: The British Government Claims Scheme    [United Kingdom] Site contains details of the claims scheme and how to apply. It also has summary details of records held at the Public Record Office relating to UK property seized during WWII from organisations and individuals resident in countries with    http://www.enemyproperty.gov.uk/

» Hitler's Capital    Part II of an article by James S. Plaut, in which he tells the story of retrieving and collecting of masterpieces looted by Rosenberg, Goring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]    http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/nazigold/hitler.htm

» Holocaust Assets: US State Department    Links to US government documents relating to Holocaust-Era Assets, including looted art.    http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocausthp.html

» Holocaust Claims Processing Office: Art Claims    [New York State] Downloadable claims form.    http://www.claims.state.ny.us/art.htm

» Holocaust-Era Assets    International list of current activities regarding holocaust-era assets. A project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in conjunction with the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets.    http://www.ushmm.org/assets/index.html

» Holocaust: The Plunder of Art Treasures    Excerpt from the International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 1, Chapter 14.    http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/nca/nca-01/nca-01-14-plunder-01.html

» Loot for the Master Race    Article by James S. Plaut, who was directly responsible for recovering the works of art which had been looted by Rosenberg, Göring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]    http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/nazigold/loot.htm

» Lost Art Internet Database    A government-sponsored German database of art objects either stolen by the Nazis or for which no legal proprietor has been found.    http://www.lostart.de/index.php3?lang=english

» Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal    Provides a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that were created before 1946, and changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945).    http://www.nepip.org

» Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US    Present a historical record of the collection and disposition of the assets of Holocaust victims that came into the possession or control of the Government of the United States.    http://www.holocaustassets.gov/

» Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses    Official reports on the Nazis' seizure of cultural property in France, Russia, Europe, Occupied Territories, Neutral countries and Latin America.    http://docproj.loyola.edu/

» The Schloss Collection: Non-restituded Works Looted 1943-1998    Catalogue listing works of art from the Schloss collection not restituted as of July 1, 1997.    http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/archives/dossiers/schloss/index_ang.html

» US National Archives Bibliography of Holocaust Era Assets    Provides categorized bibliographic citations, printed and online, dealing with Holocaust-Era Assets. Includes categories for looted art.    http://www.archives.gov/research_room/holocaust_era_assets/bibliographies/bibliographies.html