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On 2 March 1900, German colonial troops publicly executed 19 leading figures from the local communities in Old Moshi in the Kilimanjaro region. The event has left a deep mark on the area to this day. One of those murdered was Mangi Molelia, the young leader of Kibosho; his brother and another relati

The Guelph Treasure has been the subject of an action for restitution in the United States since 2015. In 2022, the SPK's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted. The appellate court has now confirmed this decision. The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) of the Staatliche Museen zu Ber

Church Slavonic print from the 17th century was identified by provenance researchers at the State Library as a war loss from the Novgorod Museum - Parzinger hands over the work to his Russian colleagues at today's festive event to mark "10 Years of German-Russian Museum Dialogue" (DRMD) and underlin

An international conference from 26 to 28 November 2018 in Berlin will be dedicated to the implementation of the Washington Principles on the Handling of Nazi-looted Property since their adoption in 1998. Around 800 participants, including leading experts, organisations, Holocaust survivors and thei

The International Day of Provenance Research is taking place for the seventh time this year. On this day, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will once again provide insights into the diverse work of provenance researchers. In addition to the traditional guided provenance walks in cooperation with other

Provenance of historical skull collection researched - funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media enables mediation in West Africa Over a period of three years, researchers from the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have been workin

The SPK and the World In her column “The SPK and the World”, Marion Ackermann writes about the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage’s international collaborations, encounters and outlooks. In her column “The SPK and the World”, SPK President Marion Ackermann writes about international encounters

United States Department of Justice recommends that the U.S. Supreme Court hear the Guelph Treasure case and overturn lower court decision In June 2019, the SPK turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in the restitution proceedings concerning the Guelph Treasure. It requested a ruling on the legal question

SPK and ZDF extend media partnership until the end of 2024 The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is continuing its successful media partnership with ZDF. ZDF Programme Director Nadine Bilke and SPK President Hermann Parzinger today signed the extension of the cooperation until the end of 2

The German Digital Library has today launched the online portal "Collections from colonial contexts" under the domain ccc.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. This means that collection items from colonial contexts from 25 pilot institutions are now available online within the German Digital Library. In