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International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property

The International Research Portal is a collaboration of national and other archival institutions with records that pertain to Nazi-Era cultural property. These archival institutions, along with expert national and international organizations, are working together to extend public access to the widely-dispersed records through a single internet portal. The portal will enable families to research their losses, provenance researchers to locate important documentation, and historians to study newly accessible materials on the history of this period. This collaborative project was established to fulfill the 1998 Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, the 2000 Vilnius Forum Declaration and the 2009 Terezin Declaration, in particular on the importance of making all such records publicly accessible.

The portal links researchers to archival materials consisting of descriptions of records and, in many cases, digital images of the records that relate to cultural property that was stolen, looted, seized, forcibly sold, or otherwise lost during the Nazi-era. Cultural property documented in these records covers a broad range from artworks to books and libraries, religious objects, antiquities, archival documents, carvings, silver and more.

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The National Archives of the United States NARA logo
Bundesarchiv (The Federal Archives of Germany) German National Archives logo
The National Archives of the United Kingdom United Kingdom National Archives logo
France Diplomatie: Diplomatic Archive Center of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Diplomatic Archive Center of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs logo
Central State Archive of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine (TsDAVO) TsDAVO of Ukraine logo
State Archives in Belgium State Archives in Belgium logo
Commission for Looted Art in Europe (CLAE) Commission for Looted Art in Europe logo
Claims Conference (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) Claims Conference logo
United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem logo
Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) Deutsches Historisches Museum logo
Mémorial de la Shoah Memorial de la Shoah logo
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