Restitution of Movable Property in Croatia

From left to right: Jewish toddlers in Croatia; Jewish yellow badge; Postcard of Synagogue in Zagreb (1906) destroyed by the Ustaše (courtesy of Yad Vashem); Ante Pavelić und Joachim von Ribbentrop (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

In September 2019, under the direction of Dr. Ljerka Dulibic of the Strossmayer Gallery, the digitization of the KOMZA (Commission for the gathering and protection of cultural monuments and antiquities) archives held by the Ministry of Culture on the postwar fate of cultural objects nationalized under communism was completed. The Claims Conference/WJRO, together with Dr. Naida-Michal Brandl of the University of Zagreb, compiled an historical analysis of what these archival records are, whether from KOMZA under the communists or otherwise, and compiled a list of names of the original Jewish and other individual and organizational owners of the objects that were distributed after the war.

RESTITUTION OF MOVABLE PROPERTY IN CROATIA

Naida-Michal Brandl
Zagreb, 2020
©Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), 2020
Report in English: RESTITUTION OF MOVABLE PROPERTY IN CROATIA
Report in Croatian: RESTITUCIJA POKRETNE IMOVINE U HRVATSKOJ
KOMZA – FINAL REPORT

last updated October 2022