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The seizure of art during the National Socialist Regime in Austria

The seizure of privately held art was an important element of the policy of expropriation and extermination directed against the Jewish population in National Socialist Germany...

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Art Restitution in Austria after 1945

In 1945, after the victory of the Allies over the National Socialist regime, the task of returning the numerous works of art seized by the National Socialists in Austria...

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Art restitution proceedings after 1998

The Art Restitution Law and the Vienna Council Resolution on Art Restitution of 1999 regulate the conditions and procedure for the restitution of art objects from museums and collections of the Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna...

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Museums and provenance research

The publication of the art and cultural objects in the Art Database of the National Fund takes place in co-operation with the museums and collections of the Federal Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna,...

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Restitution reports

English version: Restitution Report 2003/2004 Restitution Report 2002/2003 Restitution Report 2001/2002 German version: Restitution Report 2009 (part of the...

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Recommendations

Recommendations of the Advisory Art Restitution Board

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