The reader will find reports, databases, articles and other items that appear and disappear in the wild west that is the internet. Some lists of resources have been copies from outstanding sites like lootedart.com in the hope of given them an even wider distribution.
Where possible, archived links are provided.
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1. DECLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS FROM THE OSS ART LOOTING INVESTIGATION UNIT
2. DATABASES FOR LOOTED ART
3. LEXICONS and BIOGRAPHIES
4. WEBSITES
5. A SELECTION of DOCUMENTS (by no means complete)
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1. OSS ART LOOTING INVESTIGATION UNIT DECLASSIFIED REPORTS ON NAZI ART LOOTING NETWORKS
OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit: Where (Online) to Find All of the Reports Published from 1945-1946, including the Detailed Interrogation Report on Hans Wendland written by Otto Wittmann and Bernard Taper and the Confidential Report on the Nazi looting organisation known as the Dieststelle Muehlmann (Mühlmann) written by Jean (Jan) Vlug, ("Vlug Report")
The Holocaust Claims Processing Office at the New York State Financial Services Site offers downloadable PDFs of photocopies of all the ALIU reports.
(attention, these are the new URLs; the old ones no longer work)
Detailed Interrogation Reports
The following reports are in PDF format.
The following reports are in PDF format.
Consolidated Interrogation Reports
The following reports are in PDF format.
Activity of The Einsatzstab Rosenberg in France, August 1945
Pages 1 - 67 (~ 11 MB)
Pages 68 - 134 (~ 11 MB)
The Goering Collection, September 1945
Pages 1 - 97 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 98 - 175 (~ 13 MB)
Pages 176 - 276 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 277 - 362 (~ 13 MB)
ALIU Final Report
Pages 1 - 100 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 101 - 175 (~ 13 MB)
The following reports are in PDF format.
Activity of The Einsatzstab Rosenberg in France, August 1945
Pages 1 - 67 (~ 11 MB)
Pages 68 - 134 (~ 11 MB)
The Goering Collection, September 1945
Pages 1 - 97 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 98 - 175 (~ 13 MB)
Pages 176 - 276 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 277 - 362 (~ 13 MB)
ALIU Final Report
Pages 1 - 100 (~ 16 MB)
Pages 101 - 175 (~ 13 MB)
2. DATABASES FOR LOOTED ART
Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) Reports and Red Flag Names List 1945-6: Transcription of OSS Army Archives have been published online by Lootedart.com. Transcriptions should be controlled against the photographs of the original reports available in US government archives and on Fold3.
Bergier Report: in English, German and Italian
- Bergier Report : "Switzerland, National Socialism and the Second World War"
597 page analysis of Switzerland during World War II by an Independent Commission of Experts, with detailed accounts of art market networks, descriptions of art dealers and examples of transactions. (Search within text using CTRL-F)
- Schlussbericht der Unabhängigen Expertenkommission Schweiz – Zweiter Weltkrieg 619 page Bergier Report in German
More Nazi looted art and cultural objects: lists and databases
see the excellent list of links on Plundered Art
update ongoing...
Databases listed on Lostart.de
- Datenbank Entartete Kunst
- Datenbank Looted Cultural Assets
- Provenienzdokumentation Bund
- Datenbank Central Collecting Point Munich
- German Sales 1930-1945
- Galerie Heinemann online
- Datenbank Jeu de Paume
- Site Rose-Valland
Musées Nationaux Récupération - NARA – Holocaust Era Asstets
- Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoa Victims’ Names
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Fold3 – The Holocaust collection
ARK-Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgruppe “Wiedergutmachung”- Leo Baeck Institute
- Frits Lugt Marques de Collections de Dessins et d’Estampes
- Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
- Archives diplomatiques
- Portal holocaust.cz
- The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal Project
3. LEXICONS and BIOGRAPHIES
https://www.lexikon-provenienzforschung.org
4. WEBSITES
LOOTEDART. COM ESSENTIAL WEBSITES (25 January 2021)
go to https://www.lootedart.com for most recent update.
Websites and Resources |  |
Lexicon of Austrian Provenance Research - Lexikon der österreichischen Provenienzforschung
A digitised encyclopaedia of provenance research on individuals and institutions in Austria between 1930 and 1960
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A digitised encyclopaedia of provenance research on individuals and institutions in Austria between 1930 and 1960
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Weltkunst 1927-1944
The journal of the German and international art market digitised by the Heidelberg University Library, making it possible to search for artworks, collectors, auctions or museums from the Weimar Republic to the Nazi era.
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The journal of the German and international art market digitised by the Heidelberg University Library, making it possible to search for artworks, collectors, auctions or museums from the Weimar Republic to the Nazi era.
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Bundesarchiv B323 Records on Nazi looting and restitution
Files, documents and photographs from various sources that contributed to the identification, clarification of ownership and restitution of looted cultural property after 1945 in Germany.
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Files, documents and photographs from various sources that contributed to the identification, clarification of ownership and restitution of looted cultural property after 1945 in Germany.
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Mapping the Lives
Biographical details of over 400,000 people from the 1939 German Minority Census, expanded with data from verifiable archival sources.
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Biographical details of over 400,000 people from the 1939 German Minority Census, expanded with data from verifiable archival sources.
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Looted Cultural Assets
Four German libraries - the Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum Library, the Freie Universität Berlin University Library, the Potsdam University Library, and the Berlin Central and Regional Library - have created a joint website with the provenance details of over 12,000 books which may be looted. For more information click here.
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Four German libraries - the Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum Library, the Freie Universität Berlin University Library, the Potsdam University Library, and the Berlin Central and Regional Library - have created a joint website with the provenance details of over 12,000 books which may be looted. For more information click here.
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UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws
Provides access to national laws currently in force (with translations), import/export certificates, contact details for national authorities and addresses of official national websites dedicated to the protection of the cultural heritage.
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Provides access to national laws currently in force (with translations), import/export certificates, contact details for national authorities and addresses of official national websites dedicated to the protection of the cultural heritage.
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Dutch Museums Provenance Research
Results of 'Museum Acquisitions from 1933' project showing 41 Dutch museums are in possession of at least 139 items with 'problematic' origins.
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Results of 'Museum Acquisitions from 1933' project showing 41 Dutch museums are in possession of at least 139 items with 'problematic' origins.
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Swiss Looted Art Portal
Opened in June 2013, this government-run site provides details of museums' provenance research, advice on making enquiries, research and claims and links to relevant databases and archives in Switzerland and beyond.
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Opened in June 2013, this government-run site provides details of museums' provenance research, advice on making enquiries, research and claims and links to relevant databases and archives in Switzerland and beyond.
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WGA-Files - Akten der Wieder- gutmachungsämter von Berlin - Case Records of the Berlin Restitution Offices
Digitised restitution case records of the Berlin Restitution Offices held in the Landesarchiv Berlin, consisting of the record group B Rep 025, Wiedergutmachungsämter von Berlin, containing more than 800,000 files.
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Digitised restitution case records of the Berlin Restitution Offices held in the Landesarchiv Berlin, consisting of the record group B Rep 025, Wiedergutmachungsämter von Berlin, containing more than 800,000 files.
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European Sales Catalogues 1930-1945 Heidelberg University
3,000 digitised auction catalogues including both German-speaking countries and the countries of occupied Europe - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland - and including every genre of cultural object, from paintings to tapestries to silver and books. Provides the entire texts of auction catalogues. Searchable by auction house, artist, work of art, etc.
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3,000 digitised auction catalogues including both German-speaking countries and the countries of occupied Europe - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland - and including every genre of cultural object, from paintings to tapestries to silver and books. Provides the entire texts of auction catalogues. Searchable by auction house, artist, work of art, etc.
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German Sales Catalogs 1930–1945 at the Getty
More than 2,000 German language sales catalogues published between 1930 and 1945 including more than 230,000 individual auction sales records for paintings, sculptures, and drawings only. Searchable by artist name and nationality, lot title, buyer or seller’s name, city in which the sale occurred, type of subject matter and other fields. Provides only individual lot details, and links to Heidelberg for the full catalogue.
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More than 2,000 German language sales catalogues published between 1930 and 1945 including more than 230,000 individual auction sales records for paintings, sculptures, and drawings only. Searchable by artist name and nationality, lot title, buyer or seller’s name, city in which the sale occurred, type of subject matter and other fields. Provides only individual lot details, and links to Heidelberg for the full catalogue.
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Hermann Goering Collection
Contains 4,263 paintings, sculptures, furniture,tapestries and other artobjects, purchased oracquired from confiscatedproperty, many available for restitution today.
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Contains 4,263 paintings, sculptures, furniture,tapestries and other artobjects, purchased oracquired from confiscatedproperty, many available for restitution today.
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International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property
The Portal provides for the first time digital access to millions of cultural property records from the National Archives of the US, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, France and other archival sources.
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The Portal provides for the first time digital access to millions of cultural property records from the National Archives of the US, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, France and other archival sources.
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Polish Wartime Losses
Launched on 2 February 2011 by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and including missing paintings from public and private collections by Raphael, Van Dyck, Rubens and others, reflecting the 70% of Poland's art lost to the Nazis.
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Launched on 2 February 2011 by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and including missing paintings from public and private collections by Raphael, Van Dyck, Rubens and others, reflecting the 70% of Poland's art lost to the Nazis.
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ERR Database
The Nazi records and photographs of the looting of more than 20,000 objects from Jews in France and Belgium. Click here for background details.
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The Nazi records and photographs of the looting of more than 20,000 objects from Jews in France and Belgium. Click here for background details.
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Galerie Heinemann
c 43,500 paintings and c 13,000 persons and institutions associated with their acquisition or sale by the Munich art dealer Galerie Heinemann from 1890 to 1939. Click here for the full background.
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c 43,500 paintings and c 13,000 persons and institutions associated with their acquisition or sale by the Munich art dealer Galerie Heinemann from 1890 to 1939. Click here for the full background.
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Hungary on Trial: Herzog Collection
The history of the family, a copy of the July 2010 lawsuit filed in New York and photos of the artworks.
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The history of the family, a copy of the July 2010 lawsuit filed in New York and photos of the artworks.
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'Degenerate Art' / Aktion 'Entartete Kunst' website
The fate of more than 21,000 artworks condemned as “degenerate” by the Nazis and seized from German museums in 1937. Click here for background details.
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The fate of more than 21,000 artworks condemned as “degenerate” by the Nazis and seized from German museums in 1937. Click here for background details.
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Central Collecting Point Munich Database
Index cards and photographs of the 170,000 works of art collected up by the Allies at the end of the war and inventoried from 1945 till 1951.
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Index cards and photographs of the 170,000 works of art collected up by the Allies at the end of the war and inventoried from 1945 till 1951.
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Hitler's Linz Collection
A searchable, illustrated catalogue of the 4,731 works of art found by the Allies in the Linz Collection, with provenance details. Click here for detailed information.
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A searchable, illustrated catalogue of the 4,731 works of art found by the Allies in the Linz Collection, with provenance details. Click here for detailed information.
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The Austrian National Fund
Hundreds of looted objects in Austrian public collections available for restitution.
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Hundreds of looted objects in Austrian public collections available for restitution.
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