Restitution

Italian Parliament advances groundbreaking bill to return Holocaust-era looted art

"There is no need to repeat how deeply the wounds inflicted by the racial laws are still felt today by Italian Jews and our communities."

|ByTZVI JASPER, JONAH DAVIDOV
Gideon Taylor, president of the World Jewish restitution Organization (WJRO).
File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany

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? 

|ByGIDEON TAYLOR/JTA
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

One official said that efforts to pursue justice for thefts and atrocities committed during the Holocaust makes it clear that the crimes of Oct. 7 will also be addressed — however long it takes.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
‘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

As Holocaust survivors pass away and their numbers dwindle, the race to recover their art becomes ever more urgent. Cases can stretch on for years.

|ByAVI MAYER

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.

OCTOBER 12, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
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.