Links and references
Links
An overview of links to relevant websites and a list of publications. More...
This investigation into Museum Acquisitions brings Dutch museums into line with international obligations relating to the restoration of art stolen in wartime. International agreements were concluded and signed by participating countries at the following conferences:
Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, 1998
Prague, Holocaust Era Assets Conference, 2009
Earlier contributions
Previous attempts to comply with these international obligations were made by:
www.originsunknown.org
www.geroofdmaarvanwie.nl
www.restitutiecommissie.nl
Websites
Websites supporting this provenance investigation:
- Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD)
- Netherlands Institute for War, Genocide and Holocaust Studies (NIOD)
- Investigation of the Provenance of Art owned by the Dutch State
- Archive of Netherlands Art Property Foundation (Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, SNK) at the National Archives
- Database of Hitler’s collection for his museum at Linz
- Database with numerous names and backgrounds of auction houses, art dealers, collectors etc linked to the Second World War
- Database of art confiscated in Belgium and France by Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR).
- This site also features digitalised auction catalogues.
- This American archive site (International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property) surveys various online sources that may prove helpful when investigating provenance
Abroad
Examples of investigations in other countries:
UK
Germany
France
Switzerland
Check here for background information about the policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW).
Bibliography
Aalders, G., Berooid. De beroofde joden en het Nederlandse restitutiebeleid sinds 1945, Amsterdam 2001
Baruch, J. and L. van der Horst, Het Rijksmuseum in oorlogstijd, Amsterdam 1985
Bertz, Inka and Michael Dorrmann (publ.), Raub und Restitution: Kulturgut aus jüdischem Besitz von 1933 bis heute, Berlin 2008
Bockxmeer, J.M.L. van, P.C.A. Lamboo and H.A.J. van Schie, Archieven joodse oorlogsgetroffenen, The Hague 1998
Boudewijns, Guido and Perry Schrier, Eindresultaten van het onderzoek naar de herkomstgeschiedenis van de NK-collectie, CD-ROM, Stichting RKD 2006
Enderlein, Angelika, Der Berliner Kunsthandel in der Weimarer Republik und im NS-Staat, Berlin 2006
Herkomst Gezocht: Eindrapportage Commissie Ekkart, Zwolle 2006
Jaarverslagen Restitutiecommissie 2002-2012
Muller, Eelke, Rapport Museale Verwervingen 1940-1948, Nederlandse Museumvereniging, Amsterdam 1999
Muller, Eelke and Helen Schretlen, Betwist Bezit: De Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit en de teruggave van roofkunst na 1945, Zwolle 2002 (with bibliography)
Nicholas, L.H., The Rape of Europe: The fate of Europe’s treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War, London 1994
Rapporten en deelrapportages Bureau Herkomst Gezocht 1999-2004
Venema, A., Kunsthandel in Nederland 1940-1945, Amsterdam 1986