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Databases These
are online searchable databases of Nazi looted objects.
International
Trace
Looted Art
Trace's database provides a comprehensive listing of looted
art from around the world which is constantly being checked against objects for
sale by dealers and auction houses. National
Austria
Art
Database of the National Fund of Austria
This database
was established by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of
National Socialism in cooperation with museums and special commissions that help
to trace looted cultural property. The fund is required by law to auction off
items for which no owners or heirs are found and distribute the proceeds to Nazi
victims.
Czech
Republic
Restitution-Art:
Database of Works of Art from the Property of Victims of the Holocaust
This database lists objects from public collections in
the Czech Republic that are most likely the property of Holocaust victims. The
database was created by the Czech Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in
cooperation with the Moravian Museum. These objects are searchable on the Trace
database as well. France
Musées
Nationaux Récupération (MNR)
The Direction des Musées de France has created
a database of the 2000 art works classified as MNRs (Musées Nationaux Récupération
or National Museums of Recovered Artwork) in which the rightful owners have not
been identified after World War II. These objects have been stored in national
museums, provincial museums and the Mobilier National (National furniture collection)
since 1949. A catalogue of these works, consisting of descriptions of each art
work accompanied by illustrations, has been accessible online since November 1996.
Schloss
Collection: Non Restituted Works Looted 1943-1998
The
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an online catalogue of Dutch and
Flemish art stolen from Adolphe Schloss' collection during World War II. Adolphe
Schloss was an internationally renowned art collector with one of the last great
collections of Dutch art in 19th century France. The online catalogue lists the
works not restituted as of July 1st 1997. Germany
Lost
Art Internet Database
The Lost Art Internet Database
was set up following provisions in the Joint Declaration by the Federal Government,
and is run by the Coordination Office for Lost Cultural Assets (Koordinierungsstelle
für Kulturgutverluste) based in Magdeburg. Thet Lost Art Internet Database lists
both cultural property seized or looted by the Nazis and cultural property lost
by German Institutions during the war. Israel
The
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem
published a list of objects that were given to the Jewish Restitution Successor
Organization (JSRO) after World Wart II. This includes approximately 250 paintings,
250 prints and 700 Judaica items. Poland
Wartime
Losses Catalogues
The Embassy of the Republic
of Poland in Washington DC lists objects from Poland's Wartime Losses catalogues.
To access the catalogues, search for 'Wartime Losses' on the Embassy website.
The catalogues are available in searchable format on the Trace
database. Russia
All-Russia
State Library for Foreign Literature (Vserossiiskaya Gosudarstvennaya Biblioteka
Inostrannoi Literatura - VGBIL)
The VGBIL holds
valuable stocks of displaced books in its archives. The Soviet Trophy Brigades
transferred these books from several European countries to Russia during and after
the Second World War. Several collections can be
found on their website, including those listed below. Many of these collections
are only listed in Russian. The
Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography's website of looted
items lists 46,000 objects that were looted from Russia during World War II. The
site is only in Russian. United
Kingdom
National
Museum Directors Conference Spoliation Database
This
database includes a list of works with gaps in their provenance 1933-1945 in national
and non-national museums and galleries in the U.K. United
States of America
The
Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal Project
The
Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal provides a searchable registry of objects
in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945).
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