Lost art restitution and recovery - German Education Server

Lost art was stolen in colonial times or during National Socialist dictatorship - the founndationn aims to retturn it.  

The Advisory Commission on the return of cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution, especially Jewish property was active from 2003 until 2025. 

The Library of Lost Books Is an ambitious citizen science project by historians of the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem and London. It aims to recover the books of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies that was founded in Berlin in 1872 and closed down by the Nazis in 1942. With the “Library of Lost Books” exhibition the spirit and legacy of the books are to be kept alive. The book hunt is used to [...]

The database and German Art Foundation are set up to research and restitute works of art stolen by Nazis during National Socialism.

The Commission for Looted Art in Europe's webpage about its role, activities and achievements since it was founded in 1999. This site provides examples of the Commission's cases, news stories about the Commission's work and details of the international principles which the Commission monitors and promotes.

A catalogue of losst books can be searched and updated. The instittute documents Jewish culture.

Following the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, civilian goods were no longer transported from shipyards in Bremen and Hamburg and many jewish emigrants lost their properties which were auctioned as of spring 1940. Since 2018 two projects at the Museum have been indexing the removal goods and their original owners in a database.

A lot of docments have been signed to establish the restiitution of art and books looted by the Nazi regime.

document from: Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (KMK)

The Frank family from famous Anne Frank used to reside in Frankfurt and the Jewish museum there holds a collection of artefacts and documents.