Links Part 2
4. LIBRARIES WITH ONGOING PROVENANCE RESEARCH OR WITH PROVENANCE INFORMATION ON BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Austria:
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Kunstrestitution.at: 3,335 items: https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/objekt-suche/museum/10
Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Wien (Vienna University Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Kunstrestitution: 32 items: https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/objekt-suche/museum/14
Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek (Vienna City Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Kunstrestitution.at: 2,612 items: https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/objekt-suche/museum/15; also entries on Lostart.de: 50 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537678;12 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537679; 53 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537751
Czech Republic:
Židovské muzeum v Praze (Jewish Museum Prague): Provenance research page
Germany: Looted Cultural Assets: https://lootedculturalassets.de/
A joint project of the following libraries: Badische Landesbibliothek (BLB) Karlsruhe, Bibliothek
der Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum, Heidelberg: Hochschule für Jüdische
Studien, Bibliothek Albert Einstein, Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden Hamburg,
Stadtbibliothek Hannover, Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin,
Universitätsbibliothek Potsdam, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (all individually listed below)
Germany Individual Libraries:
Stadtbibliothek Bautzen (Municipal Library Bautzen): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 659 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538107
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Bibliothek (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities): Provenance research page;also entries on Lostart.de: 1,235 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538396
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Universitätsbibliothek (University Library of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Provenance research page; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538943
Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum (New Synagogue Berlin - Jewish Center): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 634 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537521; also 14 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538762
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation / State library Berlin): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 6,879 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539451
Technische Universität Berlin / Universitätsbibliothek (University Library Technical University Berlin): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 784 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538272
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) (Berlin Central & Regional Library): Provenance research page 1 and Provenance research page 2; also entries on Lostart.de:
- 1,942 items (Depotbestand (Deposit holdings)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538709;
- 19 items (Frauenfrage (Women’s Issues)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538689;
- 2,629 items (Geschenke ab 1945 (Gifts since 1945): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538728;
- 9 items (Geschenke 1933-44 (Gifts 1933-44)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539627;
- 441 items (Historische Sammlungen (Historical Collections): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538864;
- 99 items (Kauf (Acquisitions)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538566;
- 68 items (Mehring-Bibliothek (Mehring Library)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539405;
- 4 items (Ratsbibliothek (Council Library)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538567;
- 7 items (Senatsbibliothek (Senate Library)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539443;
- 181 items (Sondermagazin Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (Special magazine America Memorial Library)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539272;
- 24 items (Zeitungen und Zeitschriften (Newspapers and magazines): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538783;
- 2 items (Zentrum für Berlin-Studien (Centre for Berlin Studies)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539185; 1,508 items (Zugang J (Intake J)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539189;
- 268 items (Zugangsbuch "Dombrowski", Kauf 1951 (‘Dombrowski’ accession book, 1951 acquisition)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539844
Also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 9, 915 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php
/MultiSearch/Index?search=Zentral-+und+Landesbibliothek+Berlin
Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin - Stabsstelle NS-Raub- und Beutegut (University Library, Free University Berlin - Nazi Looted Assets and War Plunder section –: Provenance research page; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 6,747 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/Search/objects/search/Freie+Universit%C3%A4t+Berlin
Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften der Universität Bonn (Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 2 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539104
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum (Braunschweig State Museum): Provenance research page also entry on Lostart.de:1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/584945
Universitätsbibliothek der TU Braunschweig (University Library of the Technical University Braunschweig): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 3 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537882
Kunsthalle Bremen (Kunsthalle Bremen): Provenance research page ; also entries on Lostart.de: 8 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539201
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen (State and University Library Bremen): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 2,866 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538313
Stadtarchiv Bremerhaven (Municipal Archive Bremerhaven): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 12 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/572450
Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln (University and Municipal Library Cologne): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 689 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537554
Anhaltische Landesbücherei (Anhalt State Library) Dessau-Roßlau: Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 14 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537914
Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, SLUB (Saxon State and University Library Dresden): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de:
- 142 items (beschlagnahmte Schriften (confiscated publications): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537786
- 293 items (Bestände aus aufgelösten Freimaruerlogen (Holdings from dissolved Masonic lodges)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539649
- 165 items (Beutekarten (Looted maps)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539379
- 203 items (von der Gestapo überwiesene Bestände (Holdings transferred by the Gestapo)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538730
- 113 items (1943 inventarisierte Bücher polnischer Provenienz (Books of Polish provenance inventoried in 1943)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537860
Stadtmuseum Dresden (Municipal Museum Dresden): Website; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/585234
Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (University Library Frankfurt am Main): Website; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538653
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Justus Liebig University Gießen): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 879 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538545
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (Göttingen State and University Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 1,122 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537995
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg/ University and National Library Saxony-Anhalt) Halle (Saale): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/576666
Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Hamburg University of Music and Theatre): Website also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539335
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky (Carl von Ossietzky Hamburg State and University Library): Provenance research page ; also entries on Lostart.de: 2,613 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539823 ; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 5 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=Staats-+und+Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek+Hamburg+
Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden (Institute for the History of the Jews of Germany) Hamburg: Provenance research page; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 163 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=Institut+f%C3%BCr+die+Geschichte+der+deutschen+Juden
Stadtbibliothek Hannover - Provenienzforschung (Municipal Library Hanover - Provenance research): Provenance research page; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 530 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=Stadtbibliothek+Hannover
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien in Heidelberg (University of Jewish Studies Heidelberg): Provenance research page: also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 446 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=HOCHSCHULE+F%C3%9CR+J%C3%9CDISCHE+STUDIEN
Badische Landesbibliothek (Baden State Library) Karlsruhe: Provenance research page: ; also entries on Lostart.de: 37 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/585833; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 462 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=BADISCHE+LANDESBIBLIOTHEK
Leibniz- Informationszentrum Wirtschaft - Provenienzforschung (Provenance Research – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) Kiel: Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 2 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/586472
Universität Leipzig / Universitätsbibliothek 'Bibliotheca Albertina' (Leipzig University Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 1,503 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538693
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig - NS-Raubgut an der (Nazi Looted Assets at the University Library Leipzig): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 575 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/579584
Stadt- und Regionalmuseum im Schloss zu Lübben (Municipal and Regional Museum in Lübben Castle): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 13 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/567264
Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt (State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt) Magdeburg: Website; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538989
Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literature Archive Marbach): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 8 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/582255
Universitätsbibliothek Marburg (University Library Marburg): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 94 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537744
Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibnitz-Gemeinschaft (Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association) Marburg: Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 2,067 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/587162
Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive Bayerns (Bavarian State Archives) Munich: Website; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/583871
Institut für Zeitgeschichte (Institute for Contemporary History) Munich: Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 10 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538065
NS-Raubgutforschung an der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (Nazi Looted Assets Research at the Bavarian State Library) Munich: Provenance research page; Entries in the Library’s online catalogue: 126,931 items: https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopac/search?View=default&q=BSB-Provenienz
Diözesanbibliothek Münster (Diocesan Library of Münster): Provenance research page; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/586455
Museum Nienburg (Nienburg Museum): Website;also entry on Lostart.de:1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/536009
Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg (Municipal Library Nuremberg): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 1,990 items (Sammlung Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (IKG) (vormals "Stürmer"-Bibliothek / Sl. Julius Streicher (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (IKG) Collection (formerly the Stürmer Library / Julius Streicher collection)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537947; 3 items (Bücher (books): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539109
Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien (Moses Mendelssohn Centre for European-Jewish Studies) Potsdam: Website: ; also entries on Lostart.de: 2 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538294
Potsdam-Museum - Forum für Kunst und Geschichte (Potsdam Museum - Forum for Art and History): Provenance research page; alse entries on Lostart.de: 467 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538188
Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam (Municipal and State Library Potsdam): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 183 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539045
Universitätsbibliothek Potsdam (University Library Potsdam): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 3 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539400; also entries on Lootedculturalassets.de: 1,107 items: https://lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/MultiSearch/Index?search=Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek+Potsdam
Universitätsbibliothek Rostock Suche nach NS-Raubgut an der (Search for Nazi Looted Assets at the Rostock University Library): Provenance research page; Entries in the Rostock University Library (Projekt NS Raubgut): 8,786 entries: http://opac.lbs-rostock.gbv.de/DB=1/SET=2/TTL=7/MAT=/NOMAT=T/REL?PPN=797228187
Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz (State Library Rhineland-Pfalz), Speyer: Website; Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de:
- 8 items (Antiquariat Alexander Twietmeyer, Leipzig (Alexander Twietmeyer antiques dealership, Leipzig): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538122;1 item (Antiquariat Alfred Wolf, Wien (Alfred Wolf antiques dealership, Vienna)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538121
- 50 items (aus dem ehemaligen Besitz der Bayerischen Volkspartei (BVP) (from the former collection of the Bavarian People's Party)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539093
- 6 items (Borromäus-Verein (Borromäus Society): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/537518
- 7 items (Dr. Rudolf Joeckle): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539087
- 1 item (Jellinek-Mercedes): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538123
- 110 items (Jüdisches Raubgut aus Speyer (Jewish looted property from Speyer): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538579
- 2 items (Loge „An Erwins Dom“ ((Lodge ‘An Erwins Dom’)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/538206
- 14 items (Rheinisches Volksblatt (Rheinisches Volksblatt)): http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539696
- 2 items http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/536526
Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen (University Library Tübingen): Website; also entries on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539485
Dokumentationszentrum Oberer Kuhberg Ulm e.V. (Oberer Kuhberg Documentation Centre Ulm): Website; also entry on Lostart.de: 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/584895
Klassik Stiftung Weimar (Klassik Stiftung Weimar): Provenance research page 1 and 2; also entries on Lostart.de:Direktion Museen (Directorate of Museums) 1 item: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539491; Goethe- und Schiller- Archiv (Goethe and Schiller Archive) 3 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/535982; Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (Duchess Anna Amalia Library) 2,416 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/539293
Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (Württemberg State Library): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 1408 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/567306
Israel:
Israel Museum (Israel Museum): Provenance research page; also entries on Lostart.de: 9 items: http://www.lostart.de/EN/Fund/572496
Russia:
Vserossiiskaya Gosudarstevennaya Biblioteka Inostrannoi Lituratura- VGBIL (M. I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature Vserossiiskaya Gosudarstevennaya) Moscow: Website
5. RESOURCES FOR CLAIMANTS
Austria: The Commission for Provenance Research (Kommission für Provenienzforschung)
Austria: The Holocaust Victims’ Information and Support Center (HVISC)
Czech Republic: Documentation Center of Property Transfers of World War ll Victims
France: Commission pour l’Indemnisation des Victimes de Spoliations (The Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation, CIVS)
Germany: Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste (Coordination Office for Lost Cultural Assets)
International: International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property
United Kingdom: Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945
United Kingdom: Central Office for Holocaust Claims
United Kingdom: Cultural Property Advice
United Kingdom: Art Loss Register
USA: Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
USA: Commission for Art Recovery of the World Jewish Congress
6. NATIONAL CLAIMS PROCESSES
Germany: German Advisory Commission (Contact through Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste Coordination Office for Lost Cultural Assets)
The Netherlands: Adviescommissie Restitutieverzoeken Cultuurgoederen en Tweede Wereldoorlog (The Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Restitution Applications for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War)
United Kingdom: Spoliation Advisory Panel
7. RESEARCH RESOURCES
The Central Registry provides a comprehensive online database of international research and archival resources together with an extensive news archive. Please visit www.lootedart.com.
To receive the weekly Looted Art Newsletter with the latest international news stories about Nazi-looted cultural property, details of exhibitions and conferences and developments in research resources, click here.
International Resources
International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-era Cultural Property -
The Portal links researchers to archival materials at 22 participating institutions in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Ukraine and the USA
National Resources
Austria: Austrian State Archives (Österreichisches Staatsarchiv)
Austria: City of Vienna Archive (Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv)
Austria: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (Dokumentationsarchivs des österreichischen Widerstandes)
Austria: Findbuch for Victims of National Socialism - pre and post-war expropriation and restitution records on thousands of Austrians persecuted by the Nazis
Israel: Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority
USA: National Archives - Holocaust Era Assets
USA: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
8. INSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES
United Kingdom: National Museums Statement of Principles and Proposed Actions 1998
USA: American Museum Association Guidelines Concerning the Unlawful Appropriation of Objects During the Nazi Era 1998
USA: Art Dealers Association of America Guidelines Regarding Art Looted During The Nazi Era