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Speaker
Philippe Sprang

Date
30 November - 2 December 1994

Description
Sprang states three important sources of accessible archival material relating to the plunder of French collections: (1) the Contemporary Jewish Documentation Centre (Centre de documentation juif contemporain) contains material regarding official correspondence and reports; private letters; and administrative documents of the Commission on Jewish Affairs (Commission aux aiffaires juives), the Western Office (Aktion M), the Rosenberg Task Force and the Art Protection Agency (Kunstschutz). (2) The National Archive contains archival material of the Direction of the National Museums; some original documents of Dr. Brunjes; and documents on Göring's purchases in Italy. (3) The Ministry of Finance contains material concerning reparations to France.

Publishing Information
Sprand, Philippe, Archival Situation in France, in Jost Hansen and Doris Lemmermeier, (eds.), Cultural Treasures Moved Because of the War: A Cultural Legacy of the Second World War Documentation and Research on Losses. Documentation of the International Meeting in Bremen 30 November - 2 December 1994, Bremen 1995:
<http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/contents.html>, accessed 15 October 2003.

Source
This statement can be found in the Country Report for the Bremen Conference: Cultural Treasures Moved Because of the War: A Cultural Legacy of the Second World War Documentation and Research on Losses, Section 3, Archival Records:
<http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/contents.html>, accessed 15 October 2003.

Direct link at <http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/archsprang.html>, accessed 15 October 2003.

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