Note: Traces new development in German-Russian negotiations aboutĬulture Minster Gubenko's announcement that the Soviet Union will return objects looted from Germany after WWII only for equivalent art stolen from the USSR by the Germans is reported.ħ. "The turmoil over Soviet war treasures." ARTnews 90, Article looks at the problems of identifying, locating and repatriating these works. The return of looted art seized by the Soviets and the repatriation of art stolen from the USSR by Nazis. Note: The General Relations Treaty between the USSR and Germany "A Soviet-German exchange of war treasures?." ARTnews German objects will become known soon with the new open policies in Russia.ĥ. Note: The author predicted that the thousands of artwork stored in "The secret depositories slowly open." ARTnews 91, no.4 (April 1992): 48+. "Looted art treasures go back to France." The Quartermaster Review 26 (September-October 1946): 16-23, 77-80, 83-84, 87.Ĥ. In Eastern Europe, ERR, a special plunder force looted both private and public collections, whereas in the West museum collections were touched less frequently than the private collections of Jews.ģ. Degenerate modern art was sent to Switzerland via diplomatic packet to be sold or exchanged for German paintings. Looted paintings of Old Masters went straight to the Reich for the planned Führermuseum in Linz or into the collections of high Nazi officials. Note: The article's focus is on the transportation of looted art to be
"By diplomatic pouch: art smuggling by the Nazis." Spoils of War no.
Although the Dutch government in exile in London took measures that enabled many confiscated art objects to be returned to their rightful owners, the ongoing problems related to the issue have led the Netherlands to launch new initiatives: the Origins Unknown Project which will investigate the origins of art objects returned from Germany and in the custody of the Dutch State the Museums Acquisitions Project, a museum-led project, which will investigate art object acquisitions during and after WWII.Ģ. Looted art from the occupied the Netherlands and transferred the booty to Germany. Washington: Royal Netherlands Embassy, November 1998. A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Looted Art Bibliography