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Art, Looting, and Restitution
Forgotten Life Stories
A project of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Dresden State Art Collections
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In co-operation with:
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Project funding:
Living democracy
Promotion of mediation formats:
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Art, looting and restitution 2022-2024

In co-operation with:

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Supported by:

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Life Stories
  • George
    Behrens
  • Michael
    Berolzheimer
  • Aenne
    Biermann
  • Joseph
    Block
  • Thea and Eugen
    Buchthal
  • Julius and Semaya Franziska
    Son of David
  • Armand
    Dorville
  • Family
    Flersheim
  • Selma and Ludwig
    Friedmann
  • Elisabeth
    Glanville
  • Curt
    Glazier
  • Jacob
    Goldschmidt
  • Friedrich
    Guttsmann
  • Alfred, Tekla and Hans
    Hess
  • Carl
    Heumann
  • Julius
    Kien
  • August
    Liebmann Mayer
  • Rudolf
    Mosse
  • Jacques
    Rosenthal
  • Marianne
    Schmidl
  • Max
    Stern
  • James
    from Bleichröder
  • Alphonse
    from Rothschild
  • Sigmund
    Forests
-> Overview

Welcome to the website „Art, Looting and Restitution - Forgotten Life Stories“

Many Jews used to live in Germany.
Hitler and the National Socialists persecuted these people.
They expelled and murdered the Jewish people.
And they stole her things.

Robbery is another word for theft.

The stolen items also included works of art and books.

Jewish people sometimes collected books and works of art.
Because they were particularly fond of books and works of art.
They then had valuable works of art at home.

Some stolen artworks and books are now in museums and libraries.

The museums and libraries want to return the stolen items.

Experts examine the artworks and books.
You want to find out:
Where do the artworks and books come from?

In the process, the experts also find out something about the persecuted Jewish people.
And what happened to them during the Hitler era.

In the project Art, theft and restitution - Forgotten life stories
we want to remember these people.

We tell their life stories on this website:

  • Who were these people?
  • What happened to your art works?
  • What does it mean for their families?
    when a stolen work of art is returned.

With the Project Art, theft and restitution - Forgotten life stories
these organisations work together:

  • the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
  • the Bavarian State Painting Collections
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
  • the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation

This is how the website works:

You can view our website on your computer at home.
Or on your mobile phone or tablet PC.

This is what the start page looks like:

A screenshot of the KRR homepage with special emphasis on life stories

There is a separate page for each life story.

On the start page, click on a Names.
Or to a Picture.
Then go to the page with the life story.

You can also click on the word Life stories click.
The word is at the top right.
In the blue bar at the top of the start page.

This will take you to an overview page.
There you can also click on a name and/or a picture.
Then you will also come to the page with the life story.

When you are on the page with the life story:

Then you can read the life story.
There are pictures on the page with the life story,
Texts to listen to, and a film.
The films were made by Bayerischer Rundfunk or Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.

Note on the films

You can also just watch the films.

Click on the word Videos
top right in the blue bar.
This will take you to an overview page with all the films.

Screenshot of the 'Films' subpage with a player for playing the films on the left in the picture

You may first have to click on Accept click,
so that you can watch the films.

About

At the top right of the blue bar you will see the words "About us".

Screenshot of the KRR header with red box around 'About us'

If you click on the words About click,
then you will come to the page with information about the project.

There you will also find information about the project partners.

Back to the start page

At the top left of the blue bar is Art, Looting, and Restitution.

Screenshot of the website logo

If you click there,
you will always return to the start page.
No matter which page you are currently on.

We hope that we have explained everything well.

If you have difficulties with our website,
then please send us an e-mail to
webredaktion@hv.spk-berlin.de

Welcome to the website „Art, Looting and Restitution - Forgotten Life Stories“

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