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 abandons Jewish property in Poland – again - opinion

The proposed agreement is nothing less than a spit in the face of Polish Jewry in Israel and around the world, including the survivors and their heirs

 POLISH PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced, in 2021, that his government would under no circumstances pay Jews a single zloty, euro or dollar.

UK hosts first international forum of envoys for post-Holocaust property restitution

More than 20 envoys from over 10 countries discussed how to obtain justice for Holocaust survivors, whose property was seized during the Shoah.

 Holocaust envoys with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

The battle for Holocaust restitution has collapsed - opinion

The last survivors of the Shoah, inclusive of those from North Africa, deserve to enjoy the restitution of their property and the missing third, at least in their lifetime.

 Israeli flag is seen attached to "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial during the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate victims of the Holocaust

Christie's Auction House honors 25 years of Nazi-confiscated art restitution efforts

Christie's Restitution Department will organize a year-long, worldwide series of events.

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

Lithuania passes law allocating nearly $40 million for Holocaust survivors

The bill passed with an overwhelming, but not unanimous majority in the country with a checkered history in Holocaust remembrance.

 A view of the Lithuanian parliament and national library in Vilnius.

Israeli gov’t, leaders ready for confab for Holocaust restitution

The main event of conference will take place on Thursday, November 3, at which time the Israeli and other Jewish contingents will try to achieve some justice for Holocaust survivors.

 Israeli government and social leaders prepare for Terezin Conference to fight for Holocaust restitution.

Poland keeps dodging Holocaust property restitution to Jews - opinion

Germany has not yet paid a third of the reparation agreement signed between Germany and Israel in 1952.

 GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER Annalena Baerbock and Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Yair Lapid, hold a joint news conference in Tel Aviv, in February.

Poland tries to rewrite country's role in Holocaust - PM email leak

Warsaw has a history of refusing to take responsibility for its involvement in Nazi crimes committed during the Holocaust.

 THE GATE to Auschwitz, photographed in January 2021, 76 years after the camp’s liberation: There are still countless Jews who say about the Shoah, ‘If this could happen, how can anyone still believe in God?’

Israel, Poland resume previous diplomatic ties, will restore ambassadors

Part of the diplomatic rift resulted from Poland's new restitution law, which would make it much more difficult for heirs of Holocaust survivors to claim property in the Central European country.

Polish and Israeli flags at a march next to Auschwitz in April

Latvia passes law for restitution of Jewish property taken in Holocaust

The worth of stolen Jewish real estate during the Holocaust was calculated to be in excess of €47 million.

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

End the silence on the Hungarian Holocaust - opinion

A class action filed against Hungary in the federal court in Washington is demanding restitution for Hungary's Holocaust survivors. It's time for Israel to act on their behalf.

 Israeli flag is seen attached to "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial during the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate victims of the Holocaust