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TitleFragments of remembrance: Viennese Judaica collections and more

Author

Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek

Call number704.9489609/0008

Object number08346b

Place of publicationBuilth Wells, Wales, Amsterdam, Netherlands

PublisherInstitute of Art and Law, Jewish Historical Museum

Year of publication

2011

Physical descriptionpp63-80

MaterialArticle

ISBN9781903987216

NotesArticle from the book 'Neglected witnesses' pp63-80

Description

This article discusses the issue of restitution of Jewish property stolen by the Nazis in Austria. To this end an Austrian Historical Commission was set up. Their mandate was to investigate and report on expropriations in Austria during the Nazi era and restitution or compensation by the Republic of Austria would be made. The results of the report were harrowing and made clear Austria's complicity with the Germans. In 1998 a Commission for Provenance Research was established whereby the provenance of artifacts and art works were to be investigated in museums. The aim was to return items from federal museums and collections that became federal property as a result of Nazi tyranny. This article discusses the issues involved and the various laws passed in Austria to enable restitution to be made.

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