Jewish Heritage
Revamped Wiener Holocaust Library to reopen with exhibition on celebrated Jewish sculptor
The library, which houses the world’s oldest collection of archival material on the Nazi era, will present works by Fred Kormis in a newly renovated exhibition space
Jewish history museum in Philadelphia would become part of Smithsonian under proposed legislation
A new bill could create a commission to assess the feasibility of adding the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian family
Art from persecuted Jewish dealer draws scrutiny at National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Findings about the provenance of two Old Master drawings in the museum’s collection may test the pro-restitution stance recently adopted at US national institutions
Taliban government approves conservation work on historic synagogue in Afghanistan
Go ahead given to a restoration project to preserve two historic sites associated with the Jewish community that once resided in Herat
Behold the man: forgotten film by artist who lived through Auschwitz will go on show in Tel Aviv
Pioneering film is part of the first major retrospective of Maryan, the Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor now newly celebrated in death
Jewish icons or anti-Semitic memorabilia? The growing market for Nazi-era artefacts—and the Israeli collectors buying them
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we spoke with Eyal Ilya, owner of Pentagon Auction House in Israel, about the trend for Second World War artefacts
'We don't want to create caricatures or exoticise': symposium aims to delve into the role of Jewish art dealers in the European art market between 1850 and 1930
London Art Week has partnered with the Jewish Country Houses research project to hold a three-part online talks programme
‘Slap in the face’: Poland passes law effectively blocking Holocaust-era art restitutions
Lawyers and collectors weigh in on new rule that sets a 30-year limit on claims to property that was stolen by Nazis and Communist leaders
Who owned these Jewish-owned treasures? V&A seeks clues from public
New exhibition highlights works from the museum's Gilbert Collection that have unclear provenance during the Nazi era
Hidden daily lives of Hasidic Jews in Jerusalem are captured in marvellous book of photographs
Photographer was given privileged access to document scenes and to make portraits among the people of this conservative group
Catalogue of Colmar Treasure conjures up picture of 14th-century bourgeois Jewish life in France
Hoard of objects loaned by Paris's Musée de Cluny to the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells a complex tale
Ashmolean to return silver salt cellar to Jewish collector’s heirs
The UK Spoliation Advisory Panel concluded that the piece was the subject of a forced sale in the 1930s
Israel steps up hunt for Nazi-looted art
Museums under pressure to research collections for Holocaust victims’ assets
From shtetl to spectacle at the Russian Jewish Museum and Centre of Tolerance
Constructivist-style bus garage transformed into high-tech Jewish museum in Moscow
Speech by Nir Barkat: Anselm Kiefer on Jerusalem and the Kabbalah
“What has been divided can be brought back together again—not in the form of a reunification, but in a way that we cannot yet define”
Munich pushes provenance research concerning possible Nazi looting
The project, led by Dr Vanessa-Maria Voigt and Dr Horst Kessler, came about by a chance find in a desk...
Minneapolis hands Léger to collector’s family
The painting was stolen from its Jewish owner during the Nazi occupation of France
Dresden state museums expand provenance research — all the way to Russia
Strives to break restitution “logjam”
Dresden takes major provenance research project to Russia
Strives to break restitution “logjam”
Leopold Museum in Vienna accused over Nazi-looted art
Institution says restitution laws don’t apply as it is a private gallery
Conservation project focuses on Jewish heritage sites and underwater archaeology
Israel and India join forces
Auschwitz survivor wants her art back from concentration camp
Roma portraits were made by Jewish prisoner on the orders of Dr Josef Mengele
Holocaust restitution: Lack of funding and cooperation have resulted in failure and injustice
A short history of nazi loot restitution efforts
Austria must return five Nazi-looted Klimt paintings to the heirs of the Jewish collector Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
“Morally, this is a gain for Austria” not a loss, says Maria Altmann
$6.5 million settlement to heir for stolen Picasso
Chicago collector agrees to pay claimant to gain title to the work
A portrait, person by person, item by item, of a society wiped out
This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
Some progress has been made in restitution of Klimt paintings, but much more needs to be done
Although successful restitutions have been achieved through focused research in individual museums, numerous cases in federal and provincial museums still need to be solved
Austrian court orders seizure of Nazi-looted Schiele
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
Test case for restitution in Hungarian museums as claim on 11 paintings proceeds to appeal
The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state
Who should own Nazi-era assets in Jewish museums?
Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed