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


2 US senators warn Poland’s president on antisemitism and restitution

“We are alarmed by growing antisemitic discourse in Poland and scapegoating of the Jewish community, which run counter to our nations’ shared values.”

Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during his election meeting in Solec Kujawski, Poland, June 9, 2020.

Latvian Jewish org. urges parliament to push property restitution forward

While Latvia has worked to ensure the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust and promote education and historical study on the subject, progress on property restitution has remained slow.

National flag flutters over Latvian central bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia April 9, 2019.

Polish state media accuses opposition of supporting Jewish restitution

The issue of restitution of property confiscated from Jews during the Holocaust has long been a contentious issue in Polish politics and has played a major role in tensions between Poland and Israel.

Mayor of Warsaw and the presidential candidate of the main Polish opposition party Civic Platform (PO) Rafal Trzaskowski attends an election campaign rally in Oborniki Slaskie, Poland July10, 2020.

Swiss museum agrees to pay restitution to heirs of Nazi-looted art

The decision reverses the 2008 stance by the city, which owns the museum, in which it argued that the collector, Curt Glaser, sold the artworks at market value.

The logo of the Kunstmuseum Bern art museum is seen in the Swiss capital of Bern

Poland’s toxic property restitution debate fueling antisemitism - analysis

Recent efforts to advance the cause of restitution for Jewish property confiscated In the late 1940s and early 1950s have heightened tensions over the issue.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda delivers a speech before the official start of a march marking the 100th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2018.

Poland cancels visit by Israeli officials to discuss property restitution

The ruling Law and Justice Party views Poland as a victim of World War II, and that therefore Poland should not be required to pay damages to other victims.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reacts after receiving his nomination during a government swearing-in ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, December 11, 2017.

Holocaust survivors tell stories of stolen property on social media

Using the #MyPropertyStory hashtag and and tagging @WJRORestitution, the WJRO and individuals who have heard about the campaign have posted dozens of such stories on the various social media networks

Yoram Sztykgold was three years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939.

EU calls on Bosnia to address property restitution for Holocaust victims

No communal Jewish property has ever been restored to the community following the Holocaust or the Communist regime.

Jewish cemetary in Sarajevo 370

Polish government revisiting restitution draft legislation

Initiative is too limited, says the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

A Holocaust survivor shows the number that was tattooed on his arm in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust

Jewish restitution group upset as Polish legislation overlooks Holocaust

Poland is the only major European country that has not legislated for the restitution of property seized by the Nazis or nationalized by the communist regime.

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.