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The Documentation Centre has published an English translation of a book mapping the confiscation of art objects and valuables in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939-1945. The publication A nation lives as long as its cultural monuments live.Show detail
The travelling exhibition of the Documentation Centre entitled Looted Art, which introduces the audience to the issue of the expropriation of the property of the victims of the Second World War and presents the fate of some of the original owners of the...Show detail
On 17 - 18 September 2024, the Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WWII Victims, p.b.o. organized the 8th International Conference on the expropriation of property during the Second World War. These proceedings contain...Show detail
The current issue of Kunst und Recht – Journal für Kunstrecht, Urheberrecht und Kulturpolitik contains an article on the conference Transferred to Reich Ownership. Documenting, identifying and restituting Nazi-looted cultural property, organised by...Show detail
On Wednesday afternoon, the program of the 8th International Conference Transferred to Reich Ownership was successfully concluded. Many thanks go to the speakers for their inspiring contributions and to the participants for the intriguing debate, which...Show detail
The Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WWII Victims is a proud partner of the Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project. The aim of this project with international representation is to create a central platform for archival...Show detail
The recently published report by the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany ranked the Czech Republic among the top seven countries that have made major progress in the field of research...Show detail
The fates of the original owners of the Nazi looted art
The publication "A nation lives as long as its cultural monuments live. Loot of art in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the years 1939–1945. Form, Course, Context" maps the confiscation of art objects and valuables on the territory of the...Show detail
On 17 - 18 September 2024, the Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WWII Victims, p.b.o. organized the 8th International Conference on the expropriation of property during the Second World War. These proceedings contain...Show detail
The book deals with the family of the Jewish collector Josef Pollak and his collection of miniatures, porcelain, paintings, drawings and graphic works, which he transferred in the spring of 1939 as Deposit No. 1164 to the Museum of Decorative Arts in...Show detail