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On Monday (11 January 2010), the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returned two books formerly owned by the Counts of Lynar to their heirs. The two volumes from the 17th century had come to the attention of the Berlin State Library during the processing of its holdings. Their provenance could be

Yesterday, Tuesday, representatives of Germany and Iraq presented a joint initiative in New York that opposes the destruction of Iraq's cultural heritage. In the next few days, the two countries will submit a draft resolution to the UN. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage

The catalogue designed by Erik Spiekermann offers new research findings and takes a contemporary look at the work of the great designer Erich Dieckmann's role in National Socialism is also assessed for the first time. Aya Soika writes: "His biography thus represents the first publication on Erich Di

SPK President Parzinger: Cultural institutions must do more to combat the rise of anti-Semitism - Invitation to the piano in memory of the hostages For 100 days, around 110 Israeli men, women and children have been held captive by the terrorist organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Their situation a

Today's topping-out ceremony in the presence of Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Building, André Schmitz, State Secretary for Culture of the State of Berlin, and Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, marks the pleasing progre

The Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is the first German institution to receive the "Premio ASICOM-Universidad de Oviedo". It is being honoured for its outstanding educational and networking work on Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. Hermann

The conference, organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation together with the MICHAEL partners, focused on the current state of digitisation and in particular the role of portals in the cultural and scientific sector in Germany and Europe. Over 400 participants from 26 countries came to t

The newly published conference proceedings bring together the contributions to the international symposium 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 in December 2008.

The war waged by the Islamic State terrorist militia against globally significant cultural sites in Iraq and Syria has brought the global problem of looted artefacts and illegal trafficking to a sadly topical level. When the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, together with the German Archaeologi

The lawsuit against the SPK for the return of the Guelph Treasure was allowed by the U.S. Court of Appeals, but dismissed against the Federal Republic of Germany. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will now examine further options. In February 2015, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Trea