News
Return of 12 works to the heirs of Armand Dorville
On the recommendation of the CIVS, Prime Minister Jean Castex has decided to return to the descendants of the Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville twelve works acquired by the French State in 1942. These artworks are currently in the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de Compiègne.
A bill soon to be tabled to return a Klimt painting
On March 15, the Minister of Culture announced the return of “Roses under the Trees”, by Gustav Klimt looted in Austria.
Discover the eighth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the eightthseventh issue of the newsletter. To consult it
The 2019 activity report has just been published
It traces the activity of the Commission during the year 2019 (in the area of cultural property and in its international dimension in particular), and takes stock of twenty years of action.
The JDCRP launches its pilot project
The Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project (JDCRP) has just launched its pilot project dedicated to the Adolphe Schloss collection, spoliated in 1943.
IN BAD AROLSEN, A PARTICIPATORY PROJECT DEDICATED TO VICTIMS
Led by a former officer of CIVS, the archives of Bad Arolsen (Hesse) launched a large participatory project aimed at developing the largest database dedicated to the victims of National Socialism.
Recall : THE CONFERENCE OF THE TWENTY YEARS OF THE CIVS WILL BE HELD ON 15 NOVEMBER 2019
On Friday 15 November, the conference “Twenty years of reparation for anti-semitic spoliations during the Occupation: between compensation and restitution” will be held in Paris.(see the program).
A PAINTING RETURNS TO FRANCE
On 23 July 2019, Peter Forner from Berlin handed over a painting by the French painter Nicolas Rousseau to the French State, represented by Ambassador Anne-Marie Descôtes, at the French Embassy. During the Second World War, the painting was transported from France to Berlin, where it remains in the custody of the Forner family to this day.
A NEW FRANCO-GERMAN COOPERATION FOR SPOLIATION CULTURAL PROPERTY
On May 22, a cooperation agreement strengthened the Franco-German partnership in the field of the search for the source of cultural property stolen due to National Socialism.