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Holocaust-Era Looted Art: An Overview of Worldwide Progress

General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects art stolen by the Nazis. Photo: National Archives; Hieronymus Galle - Still Life with Flowers in a Vase; Unloading crates of looted art. Photo: Bundesarchiv; The Virtuous Girl by Pietro Antonio Rotari was one of 202 works restored to the heirs of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker by the government of the Netherlands.

A report on 50 countries by the Claims Conference and WJRO shows that two-thirds of the countries that have endorsed international agreements regarding research, publicity and claims for Nazi-era looted art have done little or nothing to implement those pacts.

Art and Judaica Looted by Nazis from Jews Still Largely Unidentified; Review of 50 Countries Shows Little Progress Despite International Pacts

Report on Holocaust-Era Looted Art

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Publication Date:
September 10, 2014, updated November 13, 2014

Authors:
Dr. Wesley A. Fisher and Dr. Ruth Jolanda Weinberger
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and World Jewish Restitution Organization