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Cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution: Three German cultural institutions return seven books to the descendants of Marc Bloch and Simonne Vidal – a ceremony was held at the French Embassy in Berlin At a formal ceremony held today at the French Embassy in Berlin, three German

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

Following the unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeal once again halts the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today affirmed the 2022 decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washi

In February 2015, a U.S. federal district court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., for the return of the Guelph Treasure (Philipp and Stiebel v. Federal Republic of Germany and Stiftung Preußischer Cultural Heritage). The SPK is of the opinion that this action

Foundation restituted over 350 works of art and more than 2000 books - Magazine shows in reports, interviews and portraits how the provenance of objects is researched and how fair and equitable solutions are found Washington was a revolution". This is how US diplomat Stuart Eizenstat describes the c

The Foundation recently returned the oil painting by the Bolognese painter Guiseppe Maria Crespi "The Train of Silen" from the former collection of Dr Fritz Haussmann to Fritz Haussmann's heiress. She had asserted her claim for restitution to the Foundation. The work was in the collection of the Gem

Court finds: Action for surrender of Guelph treasure inadmissible - case does not belong before US courts Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., ruled in favour of the SPK's motion to dismiss the claim for the return of the Guelph Treasure. The lawsuit w

Ten Benin objects from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage will be physically restituted to Nigeria in a few days. They are among the 514 Benin objects for which the SPK already transferred ownership to Nigeria in the summer. On 25 August 2022, Herm

The action for the return of the Guelph Treasure was partially allowed by the U.S. District Court at first instance. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which had filed a motion to dismiss the action in its entirety as inadmissible, will now examine its further options. In February 2015, a la

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is of the opinion that the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure is unfounded and cannot be brought before a U.S. court. - English version: please find PDF below German text - In February of this year, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Treasure w