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The CIVS and the diplomatic archives renew a successful partnership
On Tuesday 4 July 2017, the Director of Archives of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Chairperson of the Commission pour l’Indemnisation des Victimes de Spoliations (CIVS – Commission for Compensating the Victims of Spoliations) signed the renewal of the convention that has linked those two departments of the State since April 2016.
The return of The Louvre and the Seine from the Pont-Neuf by Pissarro: a concerted effort that has paid off.
In February, the painting by Camille Pissarro The Louvre and the Seine from the Pont-Neuf was returned to the heirs of Max Heilbronn, who founded the Monoprix retail chain in 1932, fought for the French Resistance and was deported in 1944 to Buchenwald before serving as Chairman of the upmarket department store Galeries Lafayette between 1945 and 1971. Placed in a bank safe deposit box, the painting had been spoliated by the Germans during World War II.
The CIVS signs an agreement with the Cercle de Généalogie Juive
On 21 October 2016, at the CIVS headquarters, Michel Jeannoutot, Chairman of the CIVS, and Bruno Bloch, Chairman of the Cercle de Généalogie Juive, signed an agreement setting out the terms and conditions for a new cooperative undertaking.
Maison d’Izieu memorial
The section Places of memory is enhanded by the presentation of the Maison d’Izieu memorial. Find the presentation on French places of memory
Meeting at the CIVS on the subject of the painter Francis Harburger
On Friday September 23rd 2016, Sylvie Harburger came to the CIVS (Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation) to present her father Francis Harburger’s paintings and talk about her research, which has revealed two little-known aspects of the history of the spoliation of artworks.
The CIVS at the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial
On 7 April, the CIVS visited the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, the site of the main internment camp in the south of France between 1941 and 1942.
A new director
Mr. Jérôme Bénézech is the new director of the CIVS after Mr. Jean-Pierre Le Ridant left
International conference in Boston
On the 11th of November, the CIVS will be part of an international conference in Boston