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Introductory lecture by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "Ways to more responsibility. Dealing with Nazi-looted art 10 years after Washington" - The spoken word prevails - The prehistory Since those dark days of National Socialist rule in our country, public

To mark the tenth anniversary of the "Principles of the Washington Conference with Respect to Nazi-Confiscated Art", the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste are organising an international symposium today and tomorrow entitled "Taking Responsibility.

Francesco Stella (Vicenza) wins architectural competition - unanimous decision by the jury The three partners of the Humboldt Forum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), are delighted that an outstanding basis ha

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned ten autograph manuscripts from the estate of the composer and music writer Edwin Geist to his heirs. At the same time, an open-ended loan agreement was concluded so that the manuscripts will remain in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußisch

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned a Hebrew manuscript from the Berlin State Library to the "Beit Ariella" library in Tel Aviv. It is a Talmud commentary written in 1793, which was stolen from the public library in Israel around ten years ago. Unaware of this fact, the State Li

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently acquired Klaus F. Naumann's lacquer collection for the Museum of Asian Art. It comprises 55 high-ranking East Asian lacquer works that exemplify a central art genre of Japan, the Ryūkyū Islands and China. At its core is Japanese lacquer art, which i

Piano duo from Saarbrücken University of Applied Sciences and Arts and string quartet from Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts win Germany's oldest classical music prize The winners of Germany's oldest classical music prize will be announced today at a concert in the concert hall of the

The 44th volume of the yearbook reports on outstanding events and developments in 2007, including the ceremony marking the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation's founding, with a speech by Federal President Horst Köhler. This volume also contains the speeches on the occasion of the change in the o

After two days of intense discussion, the symposium "Verantwortung wahrnehmen / Taking responsibility", organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Coordination Office for the Loss of Cultural Property to mark the tenth anniversary of the "Washington Principles" and sponsored by t

- The spoken word prevails - Salutation, The Neues Museum has been restored, that is a reason for great joy and it is like a miracle! Severely damaged by bombing during the Second World War, completely destroyed in parts and left as a ruin, exposed to wind and weather for many decades - and now it s