Restitution

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts

What other paintings, books and kiddush cups that tell the story of a family lie today behind closed doors and in private homes? 

File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany
People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

Top US Holocaust officials: Oct. 7 massacre creates ‘new momentum’ for restitution

 ‘PORTRAIT OF Adele Bloch-Bauer I,’ also called ‘The Lady in Gold,’ by Gustav Klimt, 1907.

Editor's Notes: The race to reclaim Nazi-looted art

File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany

German museum curator returns looted art to Holocaust victim descendants


Israel's Lapid vs. Poland's Holocaust restitution law - analysis

Lapid’s decision to slam the Poles over this latest piece of legislation shows that he has no intention of changing his tune on these issues, maintaining his stance from three years ago.

FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid speaks last week.

Polish Senate begins hearings on Holocaust restitution law

Foreign Minister Lapid said the legislation is an ‘illegal and immoral’ attempt to ‘obscure history.’

The Polish parliament, the Sejm.

Polish deputy PM condemns Lapid's comments on restitution bill

Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's comments were "unacceptable."

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice, speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Beata Szydlo at the party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland.

Polish property restitution law ‘flawed, not fair’ - Polish Chief Rabbi

"The government has still done something wrong and has a responsibility to correct that, so an argument can be made that compensation should be provided."

Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, takes part in the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Polish PM: We won't pay one zloty for German crimes

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid warned that the advancement of the anti-restitution bill would harm ties with Warsaw.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Germany restitutes medieval painting stolen by Nazis to rightful heirs

A painting depicting St. Florian of Lorch, also known as the patron saint of Linz, Austria, was restituted to the heirs of A.S. Drey, a Jewish art dealership that operated in Munich and New York.

The painting of St. Florian of Lorch that was recently returned to its rightful heirs.

Dutch museum pays thousands to compensate for looted Nazi art

The descendants of Richard Semmel's family friends were granted 200,000 euros by the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle in the Netherlands, where the previously-owned painting currently sits.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman by  Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644), dated to the first half of 17th century, and currently belonging to the collection of the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, the Netherlands.

How can thousands of Holocaust survivors receive the funds they deserve?

"These funds can take the Holocaust survivors out of poverty"

Holocaust survivor

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Luxembourg signs major restitution pledge

The agreement includes the donation of 1 million euros as a symbolic acknowledgement and the purchase of the Cinqfontaines Abbey, which was a Nazi internment camp, converting it into a memorial.

The Cinqfontaines Abbey in Luxembourg was converted by the Nazis into an internment camp for Jews before they were sent to concentration camps.

Compensation funds awarded to Romanian Jewish Holocaust survivors

Over NIS 9 million will be distributed this week to at least 2,100 individuals, averaging at over NIS 4,000 per person.

Holocaust survivors take part in a World Jewish Congress photo project for remembrance day.